OPORA position on Draft Law No 3612 on Popular Rule Through the National Referendum
People are exercising the power directly and via the public authorities and self-government bodies.1 In the opinion of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, an element of the process of direct exercise of power by the people includes the exercise of Constitutional rights and freedoms by Ukraine’s citizens, such as the right to vote at elections and at a referendum. Additionally, people have the exlusive right to directly, via the all-Ukrainian referendum, to identify the constitutional rule in...