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Article 32(6) of the Draft law provides that only initiative team members are allowed to collect voters’ signatures in support of a popular initiative referendum, while Article Art. 30 provides that initiative team members must be selected from amongst Ukrainian citizen voters. This is contrary to the Code of Good Practice on Referendums, para. III.4.c, which provides that everyone (regardless of whether he or she has the right to vote) must be entitled to collect signatures. As noted in the Explanatory Memorandum of the Code of Good Practice, this includes foreigners and minors, particularly in respect of proposed referendum texts concerning their status.