Who determines the title of an initiative?
Ukraine
- Citizens' initiative - proponents of the initiative
- Citizens' initiative - legislature
ARTICLE 16. The All-Ukrainian referendum initiative group shall be formed by citizens of Ukraine meeting, if no less than 200 persons, with the right to take part in a referendum, participate in it.
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Before the beginning of the meeting its participants shall be registered, and the list of the participants, which includes then surname, patronymic, and address shall be compiled.
A Chairperson and a Secretary of the meeting shall be elected by its participants. The further agenda of the meeting must contain a discussion of both the advisability to conduct a referendum, and a draft of the question proposed to be submitted to it.
In case the proposal to conduct a referendum, and a wording of the question proposed to be submitted to this referendum, shall be supported, the initiative group entrusted with collection of citizens signatures, shall be elected.
ARTICLE 17. Registration of Initiative Groups.
The all-Ukrainian referendum initiative groups shall be registered by the Central Commission of all-Ukrainian referendum upon the submission of Chairperson of rayon, city (cities of republican and oblast subordination) Councils of peoples' deputies on which the territory citizens meeting were held and initiative groups elected.
The local referendum initiative groups shall be registered by the Chairperson of the local Council of peoples' deputies within which the territory the conduct of local referendum is proposed.
To register the initiative group, the documents of the citizens meeting, foreseen by Article 16 of this Law, as well as the obligation, certified by the signatures of initiative group members, to observe the law of Ukraine on Referenda, shall be submitted to the Chairperson of the appropriate Council of peoples' deputies.
ARTICLE 21. Adoption of Resolution on question to Conduct the Referendum.
Having received the properly validated proposal, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine or the appropriate local Council of peoples' deputies at its session, within one month, shall adopt one of the following resolutions:
1. On calling the referendum;
2. On rejection of the proposal to conduct a referendum, if considerable violations of this Law, which substantially influence the grounds to call the referendum, were revealed;
3. On adoption of the resolution, which is proposed in demand to call a referendum, without conducting the referendum itself.
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ARTICLE 22. The Content of the Resolution on calling the Referendum.
On the resolution on calling the referendum the following shall be defined: date of the referendum; the title of the draft of the Law or resolution; the content of the question for referendum. […]
Proponents suggest the title and then the Legislature decides upon final wording of the title.