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Paragraph 22
 

Article 5.1.b should not be a way to circumvent Article 81.1 of the Constitution which provides for the exhaustive list of subjects who are entitled to legislative initiative (the Council of Ministers, every deputy and 20.000 voters). Notwithstanding the possibility for a limited group of citizens, or even an individual, to address a petition asking for amendments to the legislation, Article 5.1.b should be understood as a way to implement the citizens’ initiative as meant by Article 81 of the Constitution. Article 5.1.a would then be the equivalent, mutatis mutandis, of the introduction of “a specifically-worded draft” in the field of referendums, while Article 5.1.b would correspond to “a generally-worded proposal”.