Organizing a large-scale petition drive to pressure the government to change
In 2002, Poder Ciudadano (Citizen Power) collected signatures on a petition that, under a constitutional provision, the Argentine congress was then obligated to consider. The constitutional provision requires the congress to deliberate any proposed legislation brought before it by community members or organizations, as long as that legislation bears the signatures of 1.5 percent of Argentine citizens in at least six of 24 districts.
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