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Article 5.3 and 5.5 foresee that the rejection of the initiative by the parliament, be it on formal or material grounds, shall always be explained. Although this would lead to better understanding of the decisions by the parliament, democratic standards do not request the legislative body to formally explain its decisions (either adoption of a law or rejection of a draft law). These decisions are politically motivated and members of parliament usually have different reasons to vote for or against a law. There is thus hardly any consent on the reasons for the vote. The explanation of the decision needs to be voted, too, and would hardly contain all the reasons of the members of parliament. The Venice Commission and ODIHR recommend leaving the motivation of the initiative’s rejection, at least on material grounds, to the factions or members of parliament rather than decided by a vote of the parliament.