Who decides the final ballot text when the initiative is put to a vote?

Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan

Answer
President
Source

Constitutional Law on Referendum (2007)

http://www.legislationline.org/documents/id/15834

Article 14. Calling a Referendum

1. The President of the Kyrgyz Republic shall call a referendum upon his/her own initiative or a make a decision to call a referendum upon the initiative of not fewer than 300 thousand voters or the majority of the total number of deputies of the Zhogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic.
2. The President of the Kyrgyz Republic shall issue a decree on calling a referendum which shall determine the date of conducting the referendum and the wording of the question (questions) proposed to be submitted to a referendum. Voting may be scheduled for any non-working day within the period from three to four months as of the day of the decree’s publication.

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