The fourth key recommendation of the first Joint Urgent Opinion, to clearly set out in the law on what grounds the removal of party-nominated election commission members may be based, has not been fully followed: positively, the revised draft amendments stipulate that parties may not withdraw their  DEC members during the last three weeks prior to election day, rather than until the eve of election day and PEC members may be replaced until 20 days prior to election day, instead of 15 days; at the level of the CEC, the revised draft amendments maintain the provision of the initial draft, i.e. parties may not withdraw their members at the CEC from the day of call of the election until the final election results. However, outside of those time periods, parties would still enjoy complete discretion to dismiss their commission members. This is contrary to international standards according to which the bodies appointing members of electoral commissions must not be free to dismiss them at will, as this practice can cast doubt on their independence. The Venice Commission and ODIHR reiterate their long-standing recommendation calling for the legislation to set out on what grounds a removal of party-nominated election commission members is justified in order to protect the tenure of commission members.