Article 123

Each Region shall have a statute which shall, in harmony with the Constitution, determine the form of government and the fundamental principles for its organisation and functioning. The statute shall regulate the exercise of the right of initiative and the holding of referenda on the laws and administrative measures adopted by the Region as well as the publication of regional laws and regulations. The statute shall be adopted and amended by the Regional Council by means of a law approved by an absolute majority of its members in two successive votes held at an interval of not less than two months. This law does not require the stamp of approval of the Government Commissioner. The Government of the Republic may challenge the constitutional legitimacy of regional statutes before the Constitutional Court within thirty days from their publication. The statute shall be submitted to a popular referendum if one fiftieth of the voters of the Region or one fifth of the members of the Regional Council so request within three months from its publication. A statute submitted to a referendum shall not be promulgated unless it is approved by a majority of valid votes. In each Region, the statute shall provide for a Council of Local Autonomies as a body for consultation between the Region and local authorities.