According to Article 122(2), the thresholds for parliamentary representation remain the same: 7 per cent of the total vote nationwide for an electoral bloc, 5 per cent for a political party and 2 per cent for an independent candidate. On the question of a threshold for electoral blocs, ODIHR and the Venice Commission have previously noted that there is no automatic reason to set it to a higher value. The CEC informed the delegation of its intention to lower the threshold for independent candidates to 1 per cent, which would meet prior recommendations by international observers and the text of Article 123 of the draft Code stipulates that an independent candidate is elected upon securing one per cent of the valid votes cast, in contradiction with Article 122(2). This should be clarified. On the other hand, the Judicial Committee informed the ODIHR and Venice Commission delegation that a consensus was not yet reached in the parliament on specific threshold values for parliamentary elections, despite the text approved in the first reading and that this issue will be revisited. While the issue of thresholds is within the political purview of the legislator, it is worth noting that the international good practice, as a principle, advises the states to keep the threshold levels low.