The Commission had already noted, in a previous opinion concerning Ukraine, with respect to parliamentarians’ recall by electors, that it would be “quite unusual to entrust voters with the complex responsibility to evaluate the respect of constitutional and legal obligations by a deputy, as citizen’s votes essentially remain the expression of a political choice.” The Commission had concluded that it would be more appropriate to provide for the termination of the mandate “through a legal procedure, which would comply with the principle of the rule of law and avoid the use of vague concepts likely to result in arbitrary interpretations essentially motivated by political reasons.”