{"id":443741,"date":"2017-04-12T22:44:12","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T22:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/?p=443741"},"modified":"2017-04-12T22:44:12","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T22:44:12","slug":"consultative-referendum-initiated-president-dodon-cost-747-million-lei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/consultative-referendum-initiated-president-dodon-cost-747-million-lei\/","title":{"rendered":"Consultative referendum initiated by President Dodon would cost 74,7 million lei"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

On April 11th, the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of Moldova announced about the preliminary budget for the consultative referendum initiated by the President Igor Dodon. The approximate cost would be 74,711,280 lei (3,8 million USD).<\/p>\n

CEC’s budget proposal would be forwarded to the Parliament and the Government of Moldova for approval and ensuring necessary financial resources are directed for organizing the consultative referendum.<\/p>\n

Dodon’s initiative to launch a referendum might be at least delayed because the Liberals submitted a complaint to the Constitutional Court of Moldova, bringing arguments regarding the questions asked by the President.<\/p>\n

On March 28th, Igor Dodon came up<\/a> with a new initiative: he signed a\u00a0decree to initiate a consultative referendum. The national referendum planned for 24 September 2017 will have four topics of debate:<\/p>\n

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  1. \u201cDo you support cancelling the Law of the Billion?<\/a>\u201c<\/li>\n
  2. \u201cDo you support giving to the President of Moldova additional rights to dissolve the Parliament and (call for) preliminary Parliamentary elections?\u201d<\/li>\n
  3. \u201cDo you support reducing the number of deputies from 101 to 71?\u201d<\/li>\n
  4. \u201cDo you support the studying of \u201cHistory of Moldova\u201d in education institutions?\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>On April 11th, the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of Moldova announced about the preliminary budget for the consultative referendum initiated by the President Igor Dodon. The approximate cost would be 74,711,280 lei (3,8 million USD). CEC’s budget proposal would be forwarded to the Parliament and the Government of Moldova for approval and ensuring necessary financial […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":443675,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-443741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"content_social_share":"Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

    On April 11th, the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of Moldova announced about the preliminary budget for the consultative referendum initiated by the President Igor Dodon. The approximate cost would be 74,711,280 lei (3,8 million USD).<\/p>\n

    CEC’s budget proposal would be forwarded to the Parliament and the Government of Moldova for approval and ensuring necessary financial resources are directed for organizing the consultative referendum.<\/p>\n

    Dodon’s initiative to launch a referendum might be at least delayed because the Liberals submitted a complaint to the Constitutional Court of Moldova, bringing arguments regarding the questions asked by the President.<\/p>\n

    On March 28th, Igor Dodon came up<\/a> with a new initiative: he signed a\u00a0decree to initiate a consultative referendum. The national referendum planned for 24 September 2017 will have four topics of debate:<\/p>\n

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    1. \u201cDo you support cancelling the Law of the Billion?<\/a>\u201c<\/li>\n
    2. \u201cDo you support giving to the President of Moldova additional rights to dissolve the Parliament and (call for) preliminary Parliamentary elections?\u201d<\/li>\n
    3. \u201cDo you support reducing the number of deputies from 101 to 71?\u201d<\/li>\n
    4. \u201cDo you support the studying of \u201cHistory of Moldova\u201d in education institutions?\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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