After all, they are – by design – irreversible decisions that tie the hands of future governments, which makes them tantamount to constitutional norms. As such, they should not be subject to the same approval process as normal legislation.
幸运的是，如今的民选政府会进行投票，因此它们的所作所为反映的是民意。但这些决定的性质意味着它们必须被仔细审视。毕竟，它们被设计成不可逆转的决定，将束缚住政府的手脚，成为宪法性质的约束。从这个角度讲，它们不能像常规立法那样走同样的批准程序。