Issues excluded from being the subject of an initiative at the national level

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Political Constitution of Panama(Constitución Política de la República de Panam?).

https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Panama_2004.pdf

 

Article 313

The initiative topropose constitutional amendments belongs to the National Assembly, the CabinetCouncil and the Supreme Court of Justice. Such amendments must be approved byone of the following procedures:

1 Through aConstitutional Act, approved in three readings by an absolute majority of the members of theLegislative Assembly, which must be published in the Official Gazette and sentby the Executive Branch to said Assembly within the first five days of ordinarysession following the installation of the National Assembly elected in the lastgeneral elections, so that it can be discussed and approved in its firstsession without modification, in a single reading and by an absolute majorityof all members of the Assembly;

2 Through aConstitutional Act, approved in three readings by an absolute majority of the members of theNational Assembly in one legislature, and approved anew, during the immediatelyfollowing legislature, in three readings by an absolute majority of the membersof the already mentioned Assembly. On this occasion the text approved duringthe previous legislature may beamended. The Constitutional Act approved in this manner must be published inthe Official Gazette and submitted to the people for direct, popularconsultation through a referendum that shall be held on the date designated bythe National Assembly, within a period not shorter than three months and notlonger than six months from the date of the Constitutional Act's approval bythe second Legislature.

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Noissue, other than the calling for the establishment of a parallelConstitutional Assembly can be subject of a citizens initiative at nationallevel. In other words, any other issue is excluded.
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