Who may propose the registration of an initiative?
Romania
LAW ON THE EXERCISE OFLEGISLATIVE INITIATIVE BY CITIZENS
(Adopted 1999; last amended 2012)
http://www.clr.ro/rep_htm/L189_1999_Rep1.htm
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(1) Promovareainiţiativei legislative a cetăţenilor se asigură de către un comitet deiniţiativă alcătuit din cel puţin 10 cetăţeni cu drept de vot.
(2) Nupot face parte din comitetul de iniţiativă persoanele alese ?n funcţie prin votuniversal, membrii Guvernului, persoanele numite ?n funcţie de primul-ministrusau care nu pot face parte, potrivit legii, din partide politice.
“According to law No. 189/1999, an initiative committee must be formedthrough a legally registered declaration, and headed by a president elected byits members. The committee must be comprised of at least ten citizens havingthe right to vote; the president of the country, members of the government, andpeople who are not allowed to be members of political parties (judges, militarypersonnel, or policemen), may not be members.” (p. 106)
Horia Paul Terpe, “Romania,” in Bruno Kaufmann and M.Dane Waters, eds., Direct Democracy inEurope. Durham: Carolina Academic Press, 2004.
