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While the Constitution does not require a further organic law on the matter, the draft amendment to the Electoral Code might not be sufficient for holding such a referendum and for terminating the mandate of the President. As noted by the Venice Commission in other opinions, there is a risk that the lack of specific procedures to implement the recall procedure creates potential for political discretion and confusion between political and legal responsibility of the President. In the case of Romania, the Venice Commission pointed out that the procedures regulating the dismissal of the President “may have been politically motivated rather than based on a sound legal basis”.