Parallelism in procedures and rules governing the referendum

a. When the referendum is legally binding:

i. For a certain period of time, a text that has been rejected in a referendum may not be adopted by a procedure without referendum;
ii. During the same period of time, a provision that has been accepted in a referendum may not be revised by another method;
iii. It is acceptable to exclude any new request for referendum on the same issue during this period;
iv. The above does not apply in the case of a referendum on partial revision of a text, where the previous referendum concerned a total revision;
v. The revision of a rule of superior law that is contrary to the popular vote is not legally unacceptable but should be avoided during the above-mentioned period.

b. When a text is adopted by referendum at the request of a section of the electorate, it should be possible to organise a further referendum on the same issue at the request of a section of the electorate, after the expiry, where applicable, of a reasonable period of time.

c. When a text is adopted by referendum at the request of an authority other than parliament, it should be possible to revise it either by parliamentary means or by referendum, at the request of parliament or a section of the electorate, after the expiry, where applicable, of the same period of time.

d. It is advisable for constitutional rules relating to referendums to be put to a referendum, compulsorily or at the request of a section of the electorate.