Issues in relation to which referendums are optional at the national level

Constitution

Article 112: Laws may be submitted to a referendum upon the request of the National Assembly or the Government in accordance with Article 111 of the Constitution. Laws passed by referendum may only be amended by referendum.

The Law on Referendum

Article 4. The Issues Submitted to Referendum

2. The following issues cannot be submitted to referendum:

a) Articles 1, 2 and 114 of the Constitution

b) the issues of prolonging or reducing the powers of incumbent President and incumbent National Assembly as well as incumbent state and local self-governing bodies

c) the issues related to human and citizens’ rights, freedoms and obligations, the elimination or restriction of constitutional guarantees providing their implementation, as well as issues directly bestowed to the exclusive competence of state and local self-governing bodies