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Article 217
 

Issues which may be subjects to Local Referendum 


(1) The Local Referendum shall be subject to local issues of particular importance falling solely within the legal powers of local public administration authorities.


(2) The text of the question on which voters must decide in the Local Referendum shall be drafted in neutral, unambiguous manner, without misleading or suggesting the answer. It is not allowed to ask mutually exclusive questions.


(3) The dismissal of the Mayor by referendum shall be initiated only in the situation when he/she fails to observe the local community’s interests and does not adequately perform the local elections duties provided for by law, violates the moral and ethical rules, facts that should be confirmed in the established manner.