Brexit proves that some issues should not be decided by referendum

In my opinion, Britain’s EU membership was an inappropriate issue to be put to a national vote.

Obviously, Great Britain is a parliamentary democracy, which means that representatives are elected by the population, and then make important decisions for them. Parliaments function is to ensure that democratically legitimate political decisions are made in a well-informed way.

To be able to discuss such a complex topic, as the Brexit, one would need to know about the economics, politics and other important matters. But there is no reason to think even a tenth of the Britons have a basic grasp of the political knowledge needed to evaluate Brexit.

 I believe that voters might have decided differently, if they had a detailed plan for how Britain’s exit from de EU would work and what it meant to leave the EU.

Source:

http://www.governmentvs.com/en/direct-democracy-vs-parliamentary-democracy/comparison-34-52-0 [06.12.16]