The Draft Law does not fully conform to international good practice with regard to providing voters with balanced or objective information to freely form an opinion. The Code of Good Practice on Referendums, paragraph I.3.1.d states as follows:

“The authorities must provide objective information. This implies that the text submitted to a referendum and an explanatory report or balanced campaign material from the proposal’s supporters and opponents should be made available to electors sufficiently in advance, as follows:

i. They must be published in the official gazette sufficiently far in advance of the vote;
ii. They must be sent directly to citizens and be received sufficiently far in advance of the vote;
iii. The explanatory report must give a balanced presentation not only of the viewpoint of the executive and legislative authorities or persons sharing their viewpoint but also the opposing one.