Facilitators' Answers —

You are here: Home → Support and Advice → Archive → Questions → Facilitators' Answers

Direct Democracy

Albania

DD002

Question:	Are there any Legal Provisions for Direct Democracy Procedures at the national level?
Answer:	a. Yes
Comments:	Constitution: Art 150: 1. The people, through 50,000 citizens entitled to vote, have the right to a referendum for the abrogation of a law, and to request the President of the Republic to call a referendum on issues of special importance. 2. The Assembly, on the proposal of not less than one- fifth of the deputies or on the proposal of the Council of Ministers, can decide that an issue or a draft law of special importance be submitted to referendum.
Source:	The Constitution of the Republic of Albania, art. 81, 150 et seq.
Verified:	2017/05/19

DD003

Question:	Are there any Legal Provisions for Mandatory Referendums at the national level?
Answer:	a. Yes
Comments:	Constitution:Art 150, 3: Principles and procedures for conducting a referendum, and its validity, are provided by law.
Source:	The Constitution of the Republic of Albania, art. 81, 150 et seq.
Verified:	2017/05/19

DD004

Question:	Are there any Legal Provisions for Optional Referendums at the national level?
Answer:	a. Yes
Comments:
Source:	The Constitution of the Republic of Albania, art. 81, 150 et seq.
Verified:	2017/05/19

DD005

Question:	Are there any Legal Provisions for Citizen’s Initiatives at national level?
Answer:	a. Yes
Comments:
Source:	The Constitution of the Republic of Albania, art. 81, 150 et seq.
Verified:	2017/05/19

DD006

Question:	Are there any Legal Provisions for Agenda Initiatives at national level?
Answer:	a. Yes
Comments:
Source:	The Constitution of the Republic of Albania, art. 81, 150 et seq.
Verified:	2017/05/19

DD007

Question:	Are there any Legal Provisions for Recalls at national level?
Answer:	b. No
Comments:	No recall is possible.
Source:	The Constitution of the Republic of Albania.
Verified:	2017/05/19

DD129

Question:	Are the results of referenda always binding, never binding or sometimes binding?
Answer:	d. No information available
Comments:
Source:
Verified:	2017/05/19

DD130

Question:	Are the types of issues to vote upon in a referendum constitutional changes only, other issues only or both constitutional and other issues?
Answer:	c. Both constitutional and other issues
Comments:	Constitution: Art. 150: 1. The people, through 50 thousand citizens who enjoy the right to vote, have the right to a referendum for the abrogation of a law, as well as to request the President of the Republic to hold a referendum about issues of special importance. Art. 177: 5. The approved constitutional amendment is put to a referendum when this is required by one-fifth of the members of the Assembly.
Source:	The Constitution of Republic of Albania, Art. 150 - 152, 177.
Verified:	2017/05/19

DD131

Question:	Are there any Legal Provisions for Direct Democracy at sub-national levels (regional or local)?
Answer:	c. No information available
Comments:
Source:
Verified:	2017/05/19

The data on this page is continuously updated. Additional, but potentially outdated material is available here.