At the parliament, the delegation was also informed of the intention to hold parliamentary hearings on the draft law. This intention is also welcome and follows a long-standing ODIHR and the Venice Commission’s position that electoral legislation should be adopted through a public and inclusive process facilitating consensus of the key stakeholders.⁴

⁴ Paragraph 5.8 of the 1990 OSCE Copenhagen Document provides that “legislation, adopted at the end of a public procedure, and regulations will be published, that being the condition for their applicability.” See also, among many others, Joint Opinions of the Venice Commission and ODIHR on the draft electoral law of the Kyrgyz Republic, CDL-AD(2014)019 and on the draft law amending the electoral legislation of Moldova, CDL-AD(2014)003.