Issues that can be proposed by citizens using the initiative process at the national level

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Serbia

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  • Citizens' initiatives - constitutional amendments
  • Citizens' initiatives - legislative proposals
  • Citizens' initiatives - other issues
  • Agenda initiatives - legislative proposals
  • Agenda initiatives - other issues
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Constitution 2006

Article 2: Sovereignty holders

Sovereignty is vested in citizens who exercise it through referendums, people's initiative and freely elected representatives.

ARTICLE 107. A right to propose laws, other regulations and general acts shall belong to every deputy, the Government, assemblies of autonomous provinces or at least 30,000 voters.

ARTICLE 108. REFERENDUM

Upon the request of the majority of all deputies or at least 100,000 voters, the National Assembly shall call the referendum on issues falling within its competence, in accordance with the Constitution and Law.

The subject of the referendum may not include duties deriving from international contracts, laws pertaining to human and minority rights and freedoms, fiscal and other financial laws, the budget and financial statement, introduction of the state of emergency and amnesty, as well as issues pertaining to election competences of the National Assembly.

Article 203: Proposal to amend the Constitution and adoption of the amendment to the Constitution

A proposal to amend the Constitution may be submitted by at least one third of the total number of deputies, the President of the Republic, the Government and at least 150,000 voters.

 

The Law on Referendum and Civil Initiative (no. 48/1994 and 11/1998)

Article 3. Na način utvrđen ovim zakonom građani predlažu promenu Ustava, zakona, drugih propisa i opštih akata iz nadležnosti Narodne skupštine, odnosno skupštine autonomne pokrajine, opštine ili grada, raspisivanje referenduma o određenom pitanju i podnose druge predloge u skladu s Ustavom, zakonom i statutom (u daljem tekstu: narodna inicijativa).

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