Issues excluded from being the subject of referendums at the national level
Venezuela
- Taxes and public expenditure commitments
- Any amnesty law, or those that protect, guarantee or develop human rights as well as those that approve international treaties
Constitution ofVenezuela (1999)
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Article 74: Statutes whose abrogation arerequested on the initiative of a number of voters constituting at least 10% ofthe voters registered in the civil and electoral registry, or by the Presidentof the Republic taken at a meeting of the Cabinet, shall be submitted to areferendum for its abrogation in whole or in part.
Decrees with the force of law issued by the President ofthe Republic, making use of the authority prescribed under article 236, section8 of this Constitution, may also be submitted to an abrogatory referendum, whenit is requested by a number of voters constituting at least 5% of the totalnumber of voters registered in the civil and electoral registry. In order forthe abrogatory referendum to be valid, a number of voters constituting at least40% of the total number of voters registered in the civil and electoralregistry shall be essential.
It shall not be possible to submit budget laws to anabrogatory referendum, neither those establishing or modifying taxes, relatingto public credit, to amnesty, the protection, guaranteeing and developing humanrights, nor those which ratify international treaties.
There shall not be more than one abrogatory referendum onthe same matter during the same constitutional term.
