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The Venice Commission is of the view that the breach of the secrecy of vote is a serious flaw of the procedure of constitutional amendment, as it casts a doubt on the genuine nature of the support for the reform and on the personal nature of the deputies’ vote. It is also regrettable that the parliamentary procedure did not provide a genuine opportunity of open discussions with all the political forces present in parliament. At the time of the parliamentary vote, 11 members of parliament were in custody.