TY - JOUR
TI - Citizens’ Constitution Initiative and Citizens’ Legislative Initiative in Romania
AU - Skotnicki, Krzysztof
TI - Citizens’ Constitution Initiative and Citizens’ Legislative Initiative in Romania
AB - 
	The citizens' constitutional initiative and the citizens'  legislative initiative exist in Romania since 1991. They were established by the Constitution of 21 November 1991. The right to initiate a constitutional amendment is vested in a group of at least 500,000 citizens who have the right to vote; they must be residents of at least half of the voivodships, and at least 20,000 citizens must sign the initiative in each voivodship and in Bucharest. The right of legislative initiative is vested in a group of at least 100,000 citizens with the right to vote; they must be residents of at least one-quarter of the voivodships and in each of them such an initiative must be supported by the signatures of at least 5,000 citizens. The Constitution provides exemptions to these initiatives. The collection of signatures and the
VL - 2021
IS - Issue 4 (2021)
PY - 2021
SN - 2544-2031
C1 - 2956-3623
SP - 5
EP - 29
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/przeglad-konstytucyjny/article/obywatelska-inicjatywa-konstytucyjna-i-obywatelska-inicjatywa-ustawodawcza-w-rumunii
KW - constitution citizens' constitution initiative Constitution Tribunal citizens' legislative initiative Romania the right to initiative