Call of Referendum

(1) Referendum is called by the President.

(2) The decision on calling a referendum shall include information on whose proposal the referendum is called, the date of adoption of the resolution of the National Council of the Slovak Republic or the date of petition receipt, the proposal or proposals submitted to citizens for decision-making. If the subject of referendum is broader and the proposals submitted in the referendum need explanation, it shall be provided in an annex to the proposal; the annex shall be part of the decision.

(3) The proposal or proposals submitted for decision-making in the referendum must be formulated so that they can be answered unambiguously “yes” or “no” and they must not be mutually conditional.

(4) The proposal for calling a referendum is submitted by the Speaker of the National Council of the Slovak Republic to the President within five days from the adoption of the resolution of the National Council of the Slovak Republic on calling the referendum.

(5) If the referendum is to be called based on a petition of citizens, the petition right shall be exercised pursuant to a special regulation. Citizens shall submit the petition requesting the call of referendum to the President.