PART 9. AMENDING THE CONSTITUTION
Article 203. Proposal to amend the Constitution and adoption of the amendment to the Constitution
A proposal to amend the Constitution may be submitted by at least one third of the total number of deputies, the President of the Republic, the Government and at least 150,000 voters.
The National Assembly shall decide on amending the Constitution.
A proposal to amend the Constitution shall be adopted by a two-third majority of the total number of deputies.
If the required majority of votes has not been achieved, the amending of the Constitution according to the issues contained in the submitted proposal which has not been adopted shall not be considered in the following twelve months.
In case the National Assembly adopts the proposal for amending the Constitution, an act on amending the Constitution shall be drafted, that is, considered.
The National Assembly shall adopt an act on amending the Constitution by a two-third majority of the total number of deputies and may decide to have it endorsed in the republic referendum by the citizens.
The National Assembly shall be obliged to put forward the act on amending the Constitution in the republic referendum to have it endorsed, in cases when the amendment of the Constitution pertains to the preamble of the Constitution, principles of the Constitution, human and minority rights and freedoms, the system of authority, proclamation the state of war and emergency, derogation from human and minority rights in the state of emergency or war or the proceedings of amending the Constitution.
When the act on amending the Constitution is put forward for endorsement, the citizens shall vote in the referendum within no later than 60 days from the day of adopting the act on amending the Constitution. The amendment to the Constitution shall be adopted if the majority of voters who participated in the referendum voted in favor of the amendment.
The act on amending the Constitution endorsed in the republic referendum shall come into force once promulgated by the National Assembly.
If the National Assembly does not decide to put forward the act on amending the Constitution for endorsement, the amendment of the Constitution shall be adopted by voting in the National Assembly, and the act on amending the Constitution shall come into force once promulgated by the National Assembly.
Article 204. Prohibition to amend the Constitution
The Constitution shall not be amended in the time of the state of war or emergency.
Article 205. Constitutional law
A constitutional law shall be enacted for the enforcement of the amendments to the Constitution.
A constitutional law shall be adopted by a two-third majority of the total number of deputies.
PART 10. FINAL PROVISION
Article 206
This Constitution shall come into force on the day of its promulgation in the National Assembly.
