Legal basis for direct democracy at the national level

Mandatory referendum: Art. 7(1), 93(1), 106, Constitution; Referendum Law; Law on Election and Dismissal of the President;

Optional referendum: Art. 27, Art. 93(2), Constitution; Referendum Law; Petition Law; Act on theConstitutional Court;

Citizens? initiative: Art. 27, 93(2), Constitution; Referendum Law; Petition Law;Act on the Constitutional Court;

Agenda initiative: Art. 27, Constitution; Petition Law; Section 133, ParliamentaryRules of Procedure.

CONSTITUTION OF THESLOVAK REPUBLIC

(Adopted 1992; last amended 2006)

http://www.nrsr.sk/web/default.aspx?SectionId=124

REFERENDUM LAW

(Adopted 1992; last amended 2011)

http://?www.?minv.?sk/??referendum

LAW ON ELECTION ANDDISMISSAL OF THE PRESIDENT

(Adopted 1999; last amended 2011)

http://?www.?minv.?sk/??volba-?prezidentsr

PETITION LAW

(Adopted 1990; last amended 2010)

http://?www.?bratislava.?sk/?vismo/?dokumenty2.?asp?id_?org=700000&id=11025535&p1=15346

RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL

(Adopted 1996; last amended 2005)

http://?www.?nrsr.?sk/?web/?default.?aspx?SectionId=124

ACT ON THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT

(Adopted 1993; last amended 2004)

http://?portal.?concourt.?sk/?pages/?viewpage.?action?pageId=3604914

Erik L??tic, ?If It Works, Fine, If Not, So What? Initiatives in Slovakia,? in MaijaSet?l? and Theo Schiller, eds.: Citizens? Initiatives in Europe:Procedures and Consequences of Agenda-Setting by Citizens. Basingstoke:Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.