Who drafts the referendum question?

Serbia, Law on the Referendum and the People’s Initiative (December 2021) [in Serbian], accessed 20 December 2021

Article 14. A request for calling a referendum on an issue falling within the competence of the assembly may be submitted by a majority of all MPs to the National Assembly, Deputies at the Assembly of the Autonomous Province and Councillors at the Assembly of the Local Self-Government Unit.

The request referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall mandatory state

whether calling of a binding or consultative referendum is requested. A statement of the referendum question along with the answers offered must be included in such request. […]

Article 15. The National Assembly shall call a referendum at the request of voters whose minimum number is determined by the Constitution or the law.

The Assembly of the Autonomous Province shall call a referendum at the request of at least 30,000 voters who have a permanent residence on the territory of the Autonomous Province.

The assembly of the local self-government unit shall call a referendum at the request of at least 10% of voters who have a permanent residence on the territory of the local self-government unit.

The request referred to in paragraph 1 - 3 of this Article shall specify whether calling of a referendum is requested for voting beforehand on a matter to be regulated by an act of the assembly, or for proposing adoption / amendment or repealing of an act, and whether the referendum shall be binding or consultative. A statement of the referendum question along with the answers offered must be included in such request. […]

Article 36. A question put to the vote in a referendum must be expressed clearly and unambiguously so that it can be answered by a single word: "for" or "against", or "yes" or "no", and must not be expressed in such a way to give priority to or suggest one of the possible answers.

Before making a decision on calling a referendum, the committee of the National Assembly competent for constitutional issues, i.e. the competent working body of the provincial assembly or the assembly of a local self-government unit, is obliged to obtain a positive opinion of the competent commission on the proposed referendum question with the offered answers.

In the case of a referendum at the request of voters, the opinion of the competent commission referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article shall be obtained in the procedure of verifying a proposition to exercise a people's initiative.

The competent commission shall deliver its opinion within eight days from the day of receiving referendum question proposition.

If the competent commission does not deliver its opinion within the deadline referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article, it shall be considered that a positive opinion has been given.

Law does not specify who drafts the question when referendum is initiatied by government