Romania’s Embassy in Moldova said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs published the Guide of the Romanian Voter Abroad for the national referendum on the revision of Romania’s Constitution of October 6 and 7, 2018, IPN reports, quoting a press release of the Embassy.

The international observers and representatives of foreign media outlets are accredited, at request, by the Permanent Electoral Authority.

The international observers and representatives of foreign media outlets interested in obtaining accreditation should submit an application to the Permanent Electoral Authority by October 2, 2018 using the following contact data: Permanent Electoral Authority, 6 Stavropoleos St., Bucharest, Sector 3, 030084; website: www.roaep.ro. The Secretariat General – telephone : (021) 310.07.69; Fax: (021) 310.13.86; email: office.sg@roaep.ro. The Communication and Foreign Relations Division – telephone: (021)310.08.24; email: comunicare@roaep.ro.

Full details about the national referendum on the revision of Romania’s Constitution of October 6-7, 2018 are available at http://www.mae.ro/node/46944.

At the referendum, the voters will answer with “YES” or “NO” the following question: “Do you agree with the law to review the Constitution of Romania in the form in which it was adopted by Parliament?” .

The law to review the Constitution of Romania adopted by Romanian’s Parliament provides that Article 48, paragraph (1) of Romania’s Constitution will have the following content: “The family is based on a freely decided marriage between a man and a woman, on their equality in rights and on parents’ rights to ensure the growing, education and training of children”. The current form of Article 48, paragraph (1) of Romania’s Constitution, whose amendment is put up for the referendum, stipulates that: “The family is based on a freely decided marriage between spouses, on their equality in rights and on the parents’ duty to ensure the growing, education and training of children”.