§ Electoral Code art. 183Launching the republican referendum

Launching the republican referendum
(1) The republican referendum may be initiated by:
a) at least 100000 citizens of the Republic of Moldova with the right to vote. In the case
of a constitutional referendum, the provisions of Article 141 (1) (a) of the Constitution shall
apply;
b) at least one third of the Members of Parliament;
c) the President of the Republic of Moldova;
d) the Government.
(2) The subjects referred to in paragraph (1) point a) may initiate constitutional,
legislative and consultative referendums. The subjects referred to in paragraph (1) point b)
may initiate any kind of referendum referred to in Article 182. The subjects referred to in
paragraph (1) point c) may only initiate consultative referendums and those referred to in
paragraph (1) point d) may initiate constitutional and consultative referendums.
(3) If the referendum is initiated by the subjects referred to in paragraph (1) point a),
the subscription lists shall also be attached to the proposal for the referendum.
(4) The proposal on the conduct of the referendum must include the issues subject to
the referendum, clearly set out, excluding their ambiguous interpretation, the purpose of the
referendum, as well as the expected date of the referendum. Questions of a different nature
and mutually exclusive issues shall not be submitted to the referendum.