Issues excluded from being the subject of an initiative at the national level

Paraguay

Paraguay

Answer
  • Adoption of international treaties
  • Taxes and public expenditure commitments
  • See also quote
Source

ElectoralCode (Código Electoral Paraguayo – Ley No 834-96)

Artículo 267.- Quedan excluidasde la iniciativa popular las cuestiones relativas a la legislaci?n departamentalo municipal, a la aprobaci?n de tratados y acuerdos internacionales, as? como lasmaterias mencionadas en el art?culo 122 de la Constitución.

Paraguay'sConstitution of 1992 with Amendments through 2011

https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Paraguay_2011

Article 122: Of theMatters That May Not Be the Object of

[a] Referendum

[The following]may not be object of [a] referendum:

1. internationalrelations, treaties, international conventions or agreements;

2. expropriations;

3. the nationaldefense;

4. the limitationsof the real estate property;

5. the mattersrelative to the tax, monetary and banking systems, the contracting of loans[contrataci?n de empr?stitos], the National General Budget, and

6. the national, thedepartmental and the municipal elections.

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