Another general issue can be raised in respect of referendums on popular initiative. Article 29.3 of Draft law 3612 provides for a 60 days’ period for collecting 3 million signatures (as provided in Article 72.2 of the Constitution of Ukraine) in support of the initiative (from the date of a registration certificate issued to the initiative team that proposes putting the question to the referendum), which seems to be quite short. For example, in Italy the period for collecting the signatures for an abrogative referendum is 90 days for 500 000 signatures. The Venice Commission and ODIHR recommend extending this deadline.