The Venice Commission and OSCE/ODIHR recommend that the law explicitly provide for the duty of neutrality of administrative authorities, as well as for effective sanctions for breaching it. The Venice Commission and OSCE/ODIHR further recommend to prohibit public servants and public sector employees from taking part in campaigns while performing official duties; if officials holding political and discretionary positions are permitted to campaign in the course of their official duties, the list of such officials should be communicated to the CEC and made public, and the other party to the referendum campaign should be provided with commensurate direct public funding to balance the equality of opportunity. The use of public funds by the authorities for campaigning purposes must be prohibited.