The legitimacy of the referendum as a whole is not in question, but the parties in and out of government disagree on whether referendums should first have a legal foundation, whether they should have the force of law, whether the government may initiate a referendum, and whether there should be some areas off limits to the referendum process.
公投的正當性無庸置疑，但朝野雙方對於公投是否應先具備法源、公投結果是否具有法律效力、政府能不能發動公投，以及公投的適用範圍是否應該設限等等，則分持不同意見。