When the deadline ended at midnight last night, the petition N°2007, which proposed to hold a referendum over the constitutional reform, had gathered 18,579 signatures.
A few weeks ago, the Christian Social People’s Party (CSV) announced their support for the referendum if 25,000 signatures are gathered. The country’s largest opposition party will convene on Tuesday afternoon, which will show whether or not they change their position on the issue.
In the meantime, a citizen’s initiative has made use of article 114 to launch procedures for a referendum. Since the Ministry of State accepted the proposal, municipalities have to allow locals to sign another petition, which will be available between 19 November and 20 December.
Should this petition gather 25,000 signatures across the Grand Duchy, a referendum on the first of four parts of the constitutional reform will be held nevertheless.
Read also: Citizens’ initiative for referendum unlikely to succeed, says Professor Luc HeuschlingRead also: The petitioners behind the referendum on constitutional reformIn this case, the people’s vote would replace the second vote in the Chamber of Deputies. However, it would also mean that three more referenda would be needed to decide over each of the constitutional chapters.
