The procedure followed in the present situation gives rise to significant concerns: The redistribution and redrawing of constituencies was not reached by an inclusive political consensus; opposition parties, civil society organisations, academics, and other electoral and demographic experts were not even given a meaningful opportunity to engage in public debate on this important issue; according to the information gathered by the rapporteurs during the meetings in Budapest, no public consultation took place, independent experts were not consulted, the opposition was not involved in the preparation of the legislative proposal and it was not provided any detailed explanations on what basis the proposed changes were made; opposition parties stated that they had received the text of the amendments just a few hours (reportedly only two) before the Committee of Justice meeting in which it was decided to submit the bill to the President of Parliament.