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Romania

DD002

Question:	Are there any Legal Provisions for Direct Democracy Procedures at the national level?
Answer:	a. Yes
Comments:	Article 2: (1) The national sovereignty shall reside within the Romanian people, that shall exercise it by means of its representative bodies, resulting from free, periodical and fair elections, as well as by referendum. Article 90: The President of Romania may, after consultation with Parliament, ask the people to express, by referendum, its will on matters of national interest.
Source:	Constitution: Constitution of Romania, amended in 2003, art. 2, 74, 90, 150-152.http://www.cdep.ro/pls/dic/site.page?den=act2_2&par1=7#t7c0s0a151 (2014)
Verified:	2020/08/24

DD003

Question:	Are there any Legal Provisions for Mandatory Referendums at the national level?
Answer:	a. Yes
Comments:	Article 95: (3) If the proposal of suspension from office has been approved, a referendum shall be held within 30 days, in order to remove the President from office. Article 151: (3) The revision of the Constitution shall be final after the approval by a referendum held within 30 days of the date of passing the draft or proposal of revision.
Source:	Constitution: Constitution of Romania, amended in 2003, art. 95, 150-152. http://www.cdep.ro/pls/dic/site.page?den=act2_2&par1=3#t3c2s0a90 (2014)
Verified:	2020/08/24

DD004

Question:	Are there any Legal Provisions for Optional Referendums at the national level?
Answer:	a. Yes
Comments:	Article 90: The President of Romania may, after consultation with Parliament, ask the people to express, by referendum, its will on matters of national interest.
Source:	Constitution: Constitution of Romania, amended in 2003, art. 90. http://www.cdep.ro/pls/dic/site.page?den=act2_2&par1=3#t3c2s0a90 (2014)
Verified:	2020/08/24

DD005

Question:	Are there any Legal Provisions for Citizen’s Initiatives at national level?
Answer:	a. Yes
Comments:	Article 150: (1) Revision of the Constitution may be initiated by the President of Romania on the proposal of the Government, by at least one quarter of the number of Deputies or Senators, as well as by at least 500,000 citizens with the right to vote. (2) The citizens who initiate the revision of the Constitution must belong to at least half the number of the counties in the country, and in each of the respective counties or in the Municipality of Bucharest, at least 20,000 signatures must be recorded in support of this initiative.
Source:	Constitution: Constitution of Romania, amended in 2003, art. 150-152.http://www.cdep.ro/pls/dic/site.page?den=act2_2&par1=7#t7c0s0a151 (2014)
Verified:	2020/08/24

DD006

Question:	Are there any Legal Provisions for Agenda Initiatives at national level?
Answer:	a. Yes
Comments:	Article: 74 (1) A legislative initiative shall lie, as the case may be, with the Government, Deputies, Senators, or a number of at least 100,000 citizens entitled to vote. The citizens who exercise their right to a legislative initiative must belong to at least one quarter of the country’s counties, while, in each of those counties or the Municipality of Bucharest, at least 5,000 signatures should be registered in support of such initiative.
Source:	Constitution: Constitution of Romania, amended in 2003, art. 74(1). http://www.cdep.ro/pls/dic/site.page?den=act2_2&par1=3#t3c1s3a74 (2014)
Verified:	2020/08/24

DD007

Question:	Are there any Legal Provisions for Recalls at national level?
Answer:	a. Yes
Comments:	Article 95: (1) In case of having committed grave acts infringing upon constitutional provisions, the President of Romania may be suspended from office by the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, in joint sitting, by a majority vote of Deputies and Senators, and after consultation with the Constitutional Court. (3) If the proposal of suspension from office has been approved, a referendum shall be held within 30 days, in order to remove the President from office.
Source:	Constitution: Constitution of Romania, amended in 2003, art. 95. http://www.cdep.ro/pls/dic/site.page?den=act2_2&par1=3#t3c1s3a74 (2014)
Verified:	2020/08/24

DD129

Question:	Are the results of referenda always binding, never binding or sometimes binding?
Answer:	a. Always binding
Comments:
Source:	Direct Democracy: The International IDEA Handbook (2008) (http://www.idea.int/publications/direct_democracy/index.cfm)
Verified:	2014/10/29

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:
Source:	Constitution: Constitution of Romania, amended in 2003, art. 90, 150-152. https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Romania_2003?lang=en
Verified:	2020/08/24

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:	2014/10/29

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