More recently, in 2017, the Commission examined one of the latest attempts to introduce a recall vote in Europe, a draft law of the Republic of Moldova proposing, in its initial version, the removal of Parliament members through a vote of the electors in their constituency. The Venice Commission welcomed that this proposal had not been retained in the subsequent version of the draft. In its view, in addition to raising potential issues of constitutionality (Article 68.2 of the Moldovan Constitution prohibits the imperative mandate) and contradicting a judgment of the Constitutional Court of 2012 (parliamentary mandates are irrevocable and exercised in the interest of the whole nation), such a mechanism was also in breach of international standards. The Venice Commission referred in its opinion to the 1990 OSCE Copenhagen Document, requiring that elected officials be permitted to remain in office “until their term expires”, and “in a manner that is regulated by law in conformity with democratic parliamentary and constitutional procedures” (par. 7.9), as well as the PACE Resolution 1303(2002) on the functioning of democratic institutions in Moldova (par. 8), and its own 2009 Report on the Imperative mandate and similar practices.