Paragraph 23

 

Within Montenegro proposals have been made in the past to abandon the requirement of a minimum turnout for the referendum on independence.[12] The Commission would be opposed to such a step being taken at the present stage. Having regard to the fact that the Law on Referendums (Article 37), which applies to all kinds of referendums, provides for a stated level of participation, it would not be justified for a referendum on independence to require a lower level of participation than a referendum on any other subject.