The draft amendments propose to modify which authoritative bodies will inform or advise (the NSDC) on the decision regarding the possibility or impossibility of holding an election or referendum in certain territories. However, the bodies are not listed in the draft legislation. Instead, the amendments grant the NSDC full discretion to determine the list of national security and defence authorities to undertake the assessment (applying the established criteria) of the possibility or impossibility of holding an election or referendum in certain territories. It is unclear why the list of authorities is not incorporated into the amendments in order to provide legal certainty and consistency in the process, instead leaving it to a policy decision or presidential decree. Moreover, the draft provisions do not regulate the manner of collaboration of the yet-to-be listed agencies that will undertake what the legislation envisions to be a singular assessment. The draft amendments also leave open the question of whether the NSDC’s decision on the impossibility of holding an election/referendum or voting in the concerned territories can deviate from the conclusion of the multi-agency assessment on the matter, and if so, on what grounds.