The swift procedure that has been followed is not in line with the Venice Commission’s Rule of Law Checklist,^[17] nor is it compatible with the Commission’s Report on the Role of the opposition in a democratic Parliament.^[8] The procedure appears to be in line with the Hungarian law, as public consultation is mandatory only for bills prepared by ministries but not by parliamentary committees.^[9] That said, it is regrettable that public consultation was avoided on such an important and sensitive matter as electoral law and, in particular, the redrawing of constituencies, which is directly relevant to the public and to citizens’ participation in the democratic process. When asked about the reasons for that fast-track process, the authorities indicated that according to Hungarian law electoral legislation may not be amended starting from the calendar year preceding the year of a scheduled election. In the view of the Venice Commission, however, the legislative procedure could have been launched early enough to respect this rule, while at the same time ensuring broad consultation of all stakeholders and of the public at large; in this connection, it should be noted that already several years ago the Venice Commission and ODIHR had noted with concern the fact that the re-delimitation of constituencies had been postponed.^[10]