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Generally, the matters being decided by a referendum should never be too imprecise or too vague, and the draft legislation adopted in this manner should not leave important matters to future laws. In this context, it is noted that the Draft Amendments leave certain key questions unresolved, such as the early dismissal of judges (Article 64 par 3 (2), conditions and procedures for protecting personal information of judges (Article 94 par 8-1) and governing their disciplinary proceedings (Article 95). In all of these cases, the amendments state that more detailed provisions will be set out in legislation. As the contents of such legislation have not even been drafted yet, this means that citizens will not have a clear idea of the changes that they are expected to decide on in a referendum. Asking citizens to engage in such a “blind vote” would dilute the very purpose of popular referenda, and should be avoided.