Who may propose the registration of an initiative?

ElectoralCode of Moldova (revised 2012)

http://www.venice.coe.int/webforms/documents/?pdf=CDL-REF(2012)039-e

Article152. Initiation of Republican Referendum by Citizens

(1)To initiate a republican referendum, citizens shall establish a citizeninitiative group at meeting attended by at least 300 citizens eligible to vote.No later than 10 days before the meeting, the initiators shall notify inwritten form the local public administration authority of the locality wherethe meeting shall be held, time, place, and purpose of that meeting.

(2) Before the meeting, the participants shall be registered, their last and firstnames, place of residence shall be entered on a list. 

(3)A chairperson and a secretary of the meeting shall be elected. The meeting’sagenda shall include discussions whether it is reasonable to hold thereferendum and set up questions to be proposed for referendum.

(4)In the event that the majority of participants in the meeting vote for holdinga referendum, an initiative group shall be established to administer the signatures’collection. The group shall be composed of at least 100 citizens eligible tovote. The group shall elect from among its members the executive bureauincluding a chairperson, a vice-chairperson and a secretary who will representthe group and manage its activity.

(5)A protocol of the meeting shall be drawn up containing the results of the voteon the issues included in the agenda. The documents of the meeting - list ofparticipants, protocol, clearly and correctly stated questions proposed forreferendum, and list of the citizen initiative group members including theiridentity data, shall be signed by the chairperson and secretary of the meeting.

An initiative group consisting of 300 citizens.