Issues that can be proposed by citizens using the initiative process at the national level
Ecuador
- Agenda initiatives - constitutional amendments
- Agenda initiatives - legislative proposals
CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OFECUADOR (2008)
http://pdba.georgetown.edu/Constitutions/Ecuador/english08.html
Article 103. Grass-roots legal andregulatory initiatives shall be exercised to propose the creation, amendment orrepeal of legal regulations to the Legislative Branch of Government or anyother body that has a regulatory jurisdiction. It must benefit from the backingof a number accounting for no less than zero point twenty-five percent (0.25%)of the persons registered in the voter registration list of the correspondingjurisdiction.
Those who propose a grass-roots initiativeshall participate, by means of their representatives, in discussing the projectin the corresponding body, which shall have a term of one-hundred eighty (180)days to review the proposal; if the proposal is not reviewed within thosetime-limits, it will enter into force.
When it involves a bill, the President ofthe Republic shall be able amend the bill but not to veto it completely.
For the submittal of constitutionalamendment proposals, the backing of a number accounting for no less than onepercent (1%) of the persons registered in the voter registration list shall berequired. If the Legislative Branch does not review the proposal within a termof one year, the proposers will be able to request the National ElectoralCouncil to call for a referendum, without the need to provide the eight percent(8%) backing of those registered in the voter registration list. While onegrass-roots proposal to amend the Constitution is being processed, no other canbe submitted at the same time.
