Concerning the legislative process of the – now adopted – amendments to the Electoral Code and to the Rules of Procedure of the Parliament of Georgia, the Venice Commission and ODIHR have already expressed their concerns in the initial Opinion that the process did “not ensure the broadest possible consensus after extensive public consultations with all relevant stakeholders. They wish to reiterate that the legal framework for carrying out elections should be based on as wide a consensus as possible amongst all the parties participating in an election and that every effort should be made to achieve this shared confidence in the process; at the same time, the ownership of the process can only take place by dialogue amongst all the stakeholders driven by a genuine desire to safeguard and enhance Georgian democracy.”