The Venice Commission wishes to stress that in the case of the election of a new National Constituent Assembly, the need for consensus must be especially emphasized. As the Venice Commission has previously stated, this procedure is one of the most sensitive issues of any constitution. It is also a highly political issue that can only be determined in light of the history of the country and its political and legal culture. For this reason, the adoption of a new and good Constitution should be based on the widest consensus possible within the society and a wide and substantive debate involving the various political forces, non-government organizations and citizens associations, the academia and the media is an important prerequisite for adopting a sustainable text, acceptable for the whole of the society and in line with democratic standards. For this to happen, states’ positive obligations to ensure unhindered exercise of freedom of peaceful assembly, freedom of expression, as well as a fair, adequate and extensive broadcasting of the arguments by the media are equally relevant.