The draft law maintains the requirement that a Montenegrin citizen should be a permanent resident of Montenegro for not less than two years prior to the polling day in order to have the right to elect and be elected as a Member of Parliament (this is also provided for by Article 45 of the Constitution). For the elections of councillors, an additional six-month residency requirement in the municipality has to be met in order to be able to vote and to stand as a candidate. Although a residency requirement of six months is considered acceptable for local elections, the length of two years for national elections appears to be an unreasonable restriction, and is at odds with the Code of Good Practice in Electoral Matters and long-standing ODIHR and PACE recommendations. It is recommended that the provisions on the length of residency requirement in national elections be removed from the Constitution and the draft law.