EUR;CoE;EU;CECC;JCCJ;WCCJa) Hungary / b) Constitutional Court / c) / d) 22-01-1993 / e) 2/1993 / f) Popular Referendum Case / g) Magyar Közlöny (Official Gazette), 6/1993 / h) CODICES (Hungarian).
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Sources - Categories - Written rules - National rules - Constitution.
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General Principles - Sovereignty.
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Institutions - Legislative bodies - Powers.
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Institutions - Elections and instruments of direct democracy - Referenda and other instruments of direct democracy.
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Headnotes:
The Court declared that representation is the primary form of the exercise of sovereignty. The Parliament cannot be dissolved by popular referendum (there had been a popular initiative to hold a referendum on the possible dissolution of the existing Parliament). The Constitution defines the circumstances in which Parliament can be dissolved and a popular referendum is not mentioned among them. The result of a popular referendum cannot result in an implied amendment of the Constitution.
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