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In her recent comments during a visit to China, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirmed that SNP has not yet decided if a second referendum on independence will be in its 2016 Holyrood election manifesto. She was pressured to make comment on the decision since Alex Salmond freshly stated that he believed a second vote was “inevitable.”
Scottish Secretary, David Mundell, urged the Scottish government to clarify its position on another vote and Ms Sturgeon replied that it would be her “ultimate decision”, with party backing, but it would be made based on the country’s “best interests”. She explained that “there can’t be a referendum, and there certainly can’t be independence for Scotland, unless a majority of people in Scotland clearly want that.” Sturgeon added that “it will be my ultimate decision, in line with the democratic decision-making processes of the SNP, to determine whether or not there is a commitment to a second referendum in the SNP manifesto for the Scottish election.” She claimed that “in due course we will take that decision and take that decision based on what we consider to be in the best interests of the country.”
According to Sturgeon, “one day” there would be another independence referendum, but that it required a change in circumstances from last year’s vote. She stressed that “whether it’s the next Scottish election or a subsequent Scottish election – it’s the decision of the SNP whether or not to include it in a manifesto, but it is the decision of the Scottish people whether to vote for that manifesto.”
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