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Article 142
 

Republican Referendum


(1) A Republican referendum is held to ensure the people’s right to exercise citizens’ power and the right to participate directly in the administration of public affairs.


(2)The vote in the referendum is universal, equal, secret and freely expressed, pursuant to the Constitution and this Code.


(3)The decisions adopted based on a republican referendum have supreme legal power upon their confirmation by the Constitutional Court, and have binding effect everywhere on the territory of the Republic of Moldova.