Overview
- The Council of Ministers approved a decree setting all 2026 votes over Sunday and Monday, with hours 7:00–23:00 on day one and 7:00–15:00 on day two.
- The referendum date is not set; the government is expected to fix it at the December 29 cabinet meeting, with late March cited as the likely window such as March 22–23 or 29–30.
- The decree covers all 2026 electoral rounds and aims to ease access to polls, allow election-day consolidation, and reduce crowding at polling stations.
- This is a confirmatory constitutional vote on the justice reform that includes separating magistrates’ careers, and no turnout quorum will apply.
- On December 19, fifteen citizens filed an alternative question and started collecting signatures on the Justice Ministry platform, as the Cassation reviews filings and the president will formally call the vote after the date is set.