Coalition: Referendums would need approval of 35 percent of voters

Representatives of the coalition government of ANO, Freedom and Direct Democracy and the Motorists have agreed that for a referendum to be valid and binding, it will require the approval of at least 35 percent of all eligible voters. This was announced to journalists by Tomio Okamura, chairman of Freedom and Direct Democracy and lower house speaker.

The coalition parties had previously agreed on other parameters of a draft constitutional bill on general referendums. The coalition will now submit the proposal to the legislative process.

To pass a constitutional bill, approval is required from a three-fifths majority of all members of the Chamber of Deputies and a three-fifths majority of senators present in the upper house. The coalition has 108 seats in the 200-seat lower house.