Issues in relation to which referendums are mandatory at the national level

Côte d'Ivoire

Côte d'Ivoire

Answer
Constitutional amendments
Source

CoteD'Ivoire Constitution of 2000

https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Cote_DIvoire_2000.pdf

 

Article 32

The peopleexercise their sovereignty by way of referendum and by their elected representatives.The conditions of recourse to the referendum and of designation of therepresentatives of the people are determined by this Constitution and by an organiclaw. The Constitutional Council controls the regularity of the operations of thereferendum and of the election of the representatives of the people. The organizationand supervision of the referendum and of the elections is assured by an IndependentCommission within the conditions provided by the law.

 

Article 126

Therevision of the Constitution is only definitive after having been approved by referendumwith the absolute majority of the suffrage expressed. It is obligatory to submitto referendum the bill or the proposal of revision having for its object the electionof the President of the Republic, the exercise of the presidential mandate, thevacancy of the Presidency of the Republic and the procedure of revision of thisConstitution. The bill or the proposal of revision is not presented to thereferendum in all the other matters when the President of the Republic decidesto submit it to the National Assembly. In this case, the bill or proposal ofrevision is only adopted if a majority of 4/5 of the members of the NationalAssembly effectively in their functions, meet. The text concerningconstitutional revision, which has been approved, by referendum or byparliamentary vote, is promulgated by the President of the Republic.

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