"I decided to initiate a consultative referendum on four issues," Dodon said at a news conference.
According to Dodon, the referendum would allow the Moldova leadership to assess the public support of the expansion of presidential powers in terms of dissolving the parliament and launching snap parliamentary elections.
Another key issue on the agenda of the referendum will be the reduction of lawmakers in the Moldova parliament from 101 to 71, the president said.
According to the president, Moldovans will also be consulted on the possible annulment of the law, passed in September 2016, which allows the government to count the credits given to three Moldovan banks toward national debt.
The three banks in question lost over one billion dollars in 2014 via a fraud scheme.
The fourth item on the referendum agenda concerns the need for the introduction of the history of Moldova in schools as a separate discipline within school curricula.
