Who administers direct democracy mechanisms at the national level?
Taiwan
ReferendumAct
(Last amended on 12 May 2009)
http://law.moj.gov.tw/Eng/LawClass/LawAllPara.aspx?PCode=D0020050
Article 16.
If the Legislative Yuandeems it is necessary to carry out referendum for a matter as prescribed inSubparagraph 3 of Paragraph Two of Article 2, it may hand the main text and thestatement of reasons, after they are being adopted in the meeting of theLegislative Yuan, to the Central Election Commission for implementing thereferendum. If the proposal raised by the Legislative Yuan is vetoed, it maynot raise any more proposals for the same matter within 3 years commencing fromthe day of veto.
Civil ServantsElection And Recall Act
(Last amended on 25 May 2011)
http://law.moj.gov.tw/Eng/LawClass/LawContent.aspx?pcode=D0020010
Article 9.
Therecall of civil servants shall be implemented by the election commissions ofspecific levels, and the provisions of Article 7 shall apply mutatis mutandis.