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Moldova, Republic of
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Electoral Code of Republic of Moldova: 142-202
Constitutionof Republic of Moldova
Article141. Initiative for revising the Constitution
(1)A revision of the Constitution may be initiated by:
(a)A number of at least 200,000 voting citizens of the Republic of Moldova.Citizens initiating the revision of the
Constitutionmust cover at least a half of the territorial-administrative units of thesecond level, and in each of these units must be registered at least 20000signatures in support of the said initiative;
(b)a number of at least a third of the Parliament members;
(c)the Government.
(2)Constitutional law drafts shall be submitted to Parliament only alongside withthe Constitutional Court advisory opinion adopted by a vote of at least 4judges.
Article142. Limits of revision
(1)The provisions regarding the sovereignty, independence and unity of the State,as well as those regarding the permanent neutrality of the State may be revisedonly by referendum based on a majority vote of the registered voting citizens.
(2)No revision shall be performed, if it implies the infringement of fundamentalrights and freedoms of citizens, or their guarantees.
(3)The Constitution may not be revised under a state of national emergency,martial law or war.
Article143. Law on the Constitutional Amendment
(1)Parliament shall be entitled to pass a law on the amendment of Constitutionfollowing at least 6 months from the date of the
correspondinginitiative launch. The law shall be adopted by a vote of two-thirds of theParliament members.
(2)If, within a year from the date when the initiative on the amendment ofConstitution was launched, the Parliament has not passed the
appropriateconstitutional law, the proposal shall be deemed null and void.
ElectoralCode of Republic of Moldova
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Article142. Republican referendum
(1) The republican referendumshall develop for the purpose of exercising the people?s power and its directparticipation at the management and administration of the state affairs.
(2) The republican referendumshall be held by universal, equal, direct, secret and freely expressedsuffrage, in compliance with the Constitution and this Code?s provisions.
