Spicer: Government wasn't defeated by referendum results.

POLITICO | During a press conference in Chancellery, Press Secretary and Communications Director Sean Spicer was asked about the Jalb referendum by a member of the Chancellery's press corps.
SPICER: Yes you, the lady in red. *He would point at her from his stand*
JOURNALIST: Hey Sean, Susy Evans, National Telegraph. 
SPICER: Hey Susy I have only time for one more question, shoot.
JOURNALIST: Yes, Sean, what is the Chancellors opinion on the allegations that the Jalb Referendum discriminate against some groups in West Veldunium?
SPICER: Oh yes, well, you see those would be rather incorrect and unfair towards the first government to honour this country's democratic values. Although we are deeply saddened by the decision to depart by two of our states due to their desire for an independent future, it is something we encourage and stand behind -- we fully respect this. The notion that this is some sort of petty payback aimed at separatist states is utterly ridiculous, it was this government who materialised the path for their self-determination, and it would be hypocritical to deny that to other groups such as the Jalbs in West Veldunium. We didn't lose the referendum, this referendum didn't involve the Chancellor nor the Parliament, only the people of Hastiga and Veldunium had a say and we don't see it as a failure of our government that the democratic will of free peoples was expressed. Only thing we take responsibility for is the enforcement of citizen's democratic rights.
How the bill was drafted by the Home Office originally it intended for the Jalbs in Jalb areas to decide their future through this plebiscite. This was the amended compromise legislation that was pushed through the Chamber by major parties on both sides of the aisle, not just the government, and this was seen by the Chamber as a sensible approach to the difficult ethnic divisions in those specifically Jalb areas in Veldunium. The Senate disagreed with the Chamber and amended the bill, something which has happened and will always happen in a democratic nation, and that is simply part of the process. As procedure, the Chamber will review the amendments and vote on the bill once again as dictated by the Constitution. To make this out to be more than a disagreement between independent branches of parliament is disingenuous and bordering on propagandist defamation. 
That will be all for today folks, see you next week.
JOURNALIST: Thank you, Sean.
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