Legal provisions for citizens' initiatives at national level

Constitutionof Moldova

http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/europe/MD/the-constitution-of-moldova-2000/at_download/file

Article88:

ThePresident of the Republic of Moldova shall also fulfil the following duties:

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(f)to request the citizens of the Republic of Moldova to express their will by wayof referendum on matters of national interest.

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 Constitution must cover at least a halfof the territorial-administrative units of the second level, and in each ofthese units must be registered at least 20000 signatures in support of the saidinitiative;

(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 Constitution followingat least 6 months from the date of the corresponding initiative launch. The lawshall be adopted by a vote of two-thirds of the Parliament 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 Moldova (Revised 2012)
http://www.venice.coe.int/webforms/documents/?pdf=CDL-REF(2012)039-e

ElectoralCode:

Article142. Republican Referendum

(1)Republican referendum is being held to ensure people right to exercisecitizens’ power and the right to participate directly in the administration ofpublic affairs.

(2)The vote in the referendum is universal, equal, secret and freely expressed,pursuant to the Constitution and this Code.

(3)The decisions adopted based on republican referendum have supreme legal powerupon their confirmation by the Constitutional Court, and have binding effecteverywhere on the territory of the Republic of Moldova.