Article 65.3 stipulates that when the Assembly accepts the general initiative, it obliges the competent authority to prepare a draft legal act and to decide on it within 180 days. The aim of this provision is unclear. The proposal has to be in the competence of the parliament, not of any other authority. It is the task of the Assembly itself to adopt a law if it accepts it. The law could regulate the possibility of the parliament to request the government to draft such a law and present it to the parliament, but not its adoption by any other institution. A deadline seems overly restrictive in this case, as it is up to the parliament to decide on the urgency of the matter. If there is no such urgency but a need to discuss the draft law for a longer period, the parliament could reject the general proposal just to formally respect the legal deadline. Moreover, a strict deadline could go against the principle of democracy: acceptance of a proposal by the outgoing parliament should not oblige a newly elected parliament to draft and adopt legislation implementing this general proposal. Sanctions for not following the general proposal after its formal adoption by the parliament should not be legal, but just political. The Venice Commission recommends reconsidering this provision.