La admisibilidad constitucional de un referéndum autonómico con base en la competencia estatutaria sobre consultas populares

Abstract

This study considers the constitutional acceptability of an autonomic referendum in Spain, based on the powers of public consultation laid out in most Statutes of Autonomy. It analyses the legal, jurisdictional and case-law framework surrounding this type of consultation. The study finds that it is fully constitutionally acceptable, since the general legal framework to which autonomy law on public consultation through referendum is subject is incorporated into state law – preferably the Constitutional Law on referendum procedures in Article 92 of the Spanish Constitution.