Powers to call a referendum

(1) The power to call a referendum is vested in the President of the Republic. (2) The President of the Republic, after consulting the Supreme Court, may call a referendum on an issue of national interest, on a Constitution, on a draft Constitution, on a law or draft law, in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution or other laws. (3) On request, the President of the Republic may also call a referendum on matters referred to in Paragraph (2) of this Article. (4) If the Constitution, the draft Constitution, the law or the draft law is passed by referendum, the President of the Republic promulgates it within a period of eight days from the day the results of the referendum are proclaimed.