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II. Comments on the test of the law


C. Some specific comments on the concrete articles on the new law on referendum.


4. Administration of referendums.


According to Article 42.2 “the Central Election Commission is at the top of the system of referendum commissions organising and holding national referendums and is considered to be the commission of the highest level in regard to all referendum district and precinct commissions specified by this Law”. As far as the lower commissions are concerned, their way of establishment and composition differs from the electoral commissions. They are much smaller than election commissions: the number of members of TCs must not exceed 15 (Article 45.3), while PCs have 11 members (Article 46.2), regardless of the number of citizens assigned to precinct.