§ Electoral Code art. 191Initiation of the republican referendum by citizens

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Initiation of the republican referendum by citizens
(1) For the initiation of the republican referendum by citizens, an initiative group shall
be set up at their assembly, in which minimum 300 persons with voting rights shall participate.
At least 10 days before the meeting, the initiators shall be obliged to communicate in writing
to the Central Electoral Commission and to the local public administration authority in whose
territory the assembly is to be held, its place and purpose.
(2) Before the meeting, the participants shall be registered and a list containing their
name, surname, domicile and signatures shall be drawn up.
(3) At the meeting, a president and a secretary shall be elected. The agenda of the
meeting should include discussing the appropriateness of conducting the republican
referendum and formulating the questions expected to be addressed by it.
(4) If the proposal to hold the republican referendum is adopted by a majority of the
votes of the participants in the meeting, the initiative group shall be chosen, which will collect
the signatures of the supporters of the referendum. The initiative group must include at least
100 persons with voting rights. The members of the initiative group shall elect from among
themselves an executive bureau, composed of a president, a vice-president and a secretary,
who will represent the group and organise its work.
(5) Minutes shall be drawn up at the meeting, indicating the results of the votes on the
issues included in the agenda. The president and the secretary of the meeting shall sign the
acts of the meeting: the list of participants, the minutes, the precise and correct formulation of
the questions expected to be subject to the republican referendum or, where appropriate, the
draft law and the list of members of the initiative group, indicating their identity.

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