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Article 8
 

(1)   Parliament shall order a national referendum at the initiative of at least two hundred thousand citizens with voting rights. Parliament may order a national referendum at the initiative of the President of the Republic, the Government, or one hundred thousand citizens with voting rights. The result of a valid and conclusive referendum shall be binding on Parliament.


(2)   National referenda may be held about any matter within the tasks and competences of Parliament.


(3)   No national referendum may be held on


a)   any matter aimed at the amendment of the Fundamental Law;


b)   the central budget, the implementation of the central budget, central taxes, duties, contributions, customs duties, or the content of Acts determining the central conditions for local taxes;


c)   the contents of Acts on the elections of Members of Parliament, local government representatives and mayors, and Members of the European Parliament;


d)   any obligation arising from international treaties;


e)   personal matters and questions concerning the establishment of organisations within the competence of Parliament;


f)   the dissolution of Parliament;


g)   the dissolution of a body of local government representatives;


h)   the declaration of a state of war, state of national crisis and state of emergency, and on the declaration or extension of the state of preventive defence;


i)   any matter related to participation in military operations;


j)   the granting of general amnesty.


(4)   A national referendum shall be valid if more than half of all citizens with voting rights have cast valid votes, and it shall be conclusive if more than half of those voting validly have given the same answer to a question.