The information available to the Venice Commission as regards the judicial review of the different steps and conditions to be observed in the recall procedure (such as time conditions and numerical thresholds), or the availability of judicial appeal for the challenged elected, is limited. Presumably, such remedies, which are indispensable guarantees for a process which is highly sensitive and subject to various possibilities of abuse and manipulation, are available under the general electoral legislation or in the framework of the administrative law provisions. Since recall – contrary to destitution – is a political act which should not be based on specific (legal) grounds, such judicial review should not address substantive issues. On the contrary, judicial review of the procedural requirements is essential: in the absence of sufficient judicial guarantees, the recall cannot be considered compatible with international standards.