Legal provisions for citizens' initiatives at national level

Constitution 2004

https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Belarus_2004.pdf

Article74

Nationalreferenda shall be called on the initiative of the President of the Republic ofBelarus, as well as on the initiative of the Council of the Republic or Houseof Representatives, which is taken at their separate sittings by a majority ofthe full number of deputies of each house, or on the initiative of no fewerthan 450,000 citizens eligible to vote, including no fewer than 30,000 citizensfrom each of the regions (oblasts) and city of Minsk.

ThePresident shall call a national referendum after its submission by the Councilof the Republic and House of Representatives in accordance with the law, or bythe citizens themselves.

Thedate of the referendum shall be no later than three months since the Presidentissued the decree on holding a referendum.

Thedecisions taken by the national referendum shall be signed by the President ofthe Republic of Belarus.