II. Comments on the test of the law

B. Provisions on changing the Constitution through a referendum

For introducing changes to most parts of the Constitution the initiative belongs to the President, or to a third of the Members of Parliament, and has to be presented to the Verkhovna Rada:

Article 154. “A draft law on making amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine may be submitted to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine by the President of Ukraine or by the people's deputies of Ukraine comprising at least one-third of the constitutional membership of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine”.

In this case the adoption requires two successive votes in the Rada, with a qualified majority of two-thirds in the final one:

Article 155. “A draft law on making amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine, except for Title I General Principles, Title III Elections, Referendum, and Title XIII Making Amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine, previously adopted by the majority of the constitutional membership of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, shall be deemed adopted, if at least two-thirds of the constitutional members of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine vote in its favour at the succeeding regular session of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine”.