Uranium or not, page-185

Could be the light at the end of the tunnel that we have been looking for, or the start of a new tunnel called referendum on uranium?
Extract from SERMITSIAQ Sat 06 Nov.

Committee majority demands referendum on uranium law
A majority of the Business and Mineral Resources Committee will have removed the controversial section two in the ban on uranium mining, and then the law must only be able to enter into force after a guiding referendum has been held.
Atassut President Aqqalu Jerimiassen argued for a referendum during the hour-long second reading of the proposal this week. Siumut's members of the Business and Mineral Resources Committee support it. Leiff Josefsen
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Saturday, 06 November 2021 - 14:58
The Naalakkersuisut's bill to ban the extraction and exploration of uranium is on a particularly bumpy road through Inatsisartut.
The uranium ban divides the waters to such an extent, and on Saturday the consideration of the bill took another turn. A majority of the Business and Mineral Resources Committee consisting of Atassut and Siumut supports two amendments before the third reading.
The two amendments briefly:
The bill must be able to enter into force at the earliest four weeks after an indicative referendum on the ban on uranium.
Section two is removed from the bill. The section allows the Naalakkersuisut to prohibit the exploration for or extraction of other radioactive elements.
The Inuit Ataqatigiit has thus become a minority in the committee. In a minority opinion, the party's representatives recommend that both amendments be rejected and that the bill be adopted in its original form.
Will hear the people
The information appears from a report from the Business and Mineral Resources Committee, which was published on Inatsisartut's website on Saturday.
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Atassut President Aqqalu Jerimiassen argued for a referendum during the hour-long second reading of the proposal this week. Aqqalu Jerimiassen is behind the amendment, and he has thus received support from Siumut's members of the committee.
The comments on the proposal state that a referendum must ensure that the population is consulted before the law enters into force. It is estimated that the referendum will cost around two million kroner.
Majority: Controversial paragraph to be removed
The amendment to remove paragraph two has been tabled by both Siumut and Atassut. The paragraph has aroused debate because it gives the Naalakkersuisut powers to make the ban include more radioactive elements than uranium.
Critics believe that it may lead to increased uncertainty for the profession that the Naalakkersuisut be given the right to ban the exploration and extraction of more elements from day to day without asking Inatsisartut.
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Conversely, the Naalakkersuisut wants to have the opportunity to stop projects with radioactive substances in the bud
With the development of the amendments, another high-stakes debate on uranium in Inatsisartut is planned, when the bill is discussed for the third time on Tuesday. Here it will be revealed whether IA and Naleraq will vote the ban through with their 16 mandates, or whether one or both changes come into play.