Combined with the no spending limit in the initiative campaign period, the initiative group is also allowed limitless own source contributions to its campaign fund, which is contrary to previous Venice Commission and ODIHR recommendations to provide a limit on own source funds in elections, especially where a spending limit is not established. It is also noted that all referendum participants are allowed limitless own source contributions to their campaign funds though a spending limit applies to all participants during the general campaign period. While all referendum participants are subject to the same restrictions on campaign donations, unlike political parties, the initiative team and civil society organizations are not subject to general political party financing rules, including restrictions on sources of party donations, effectively resulting in more favourable treatment for non-political party participants whose own source funds can essentially come from any source. In light of the above-noted shortcomings, the framework for campaign finance in the Draft law could be further improved.