In the view of the Venice Commission, many of the rather technical and operational changes have the potential to contribute to smooth and efficient electoral processes and do not warrant any specific comments. On the other hand, the way in which electoral constituencies were redistributed and redrawn gives rise to significant concerns. The whole – very fast – process lacked transparency and open debate;the adopted amendments were not based on an inclusive process and did not take into account independent expert advice and the viewpoints of the political opposition. According to many stakeholders including electoral and demographic experts, the reform failed to achieve its goal to ensure equal voting rights by removing the disproportionality among constituencies, which has been increasing for many years and should have been dealt with already before previous elections.