Assessment of the Draft Referendum Law for Conducting Referendum Elections in the Republic of Montenegro (FYR)

This assessment reviews and comments on the draft referendum law for conducting referendum elections in the Republic of Montenegro.1 This assessment is based on unofficial English translations of the following: (1) the draft law, consisting of forty (40) articles, (2) the current Referendum Law of the Republic of Montenegro (published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Montenegro, No. 3/92 and as amended and published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Montenegro, No. 7/92)2, (3) the Law on the Election of Councillors and Representatives of the Republic of Montenegro20003, (4) the Law on Registers of Electors of the Republic of Montenegro,4 (5) the Citizenship Law of the Republic of Montenegro5 1999, (6) Constitution of the Republic of Montenegro 1992, (7) Constitution of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1992, and (8) Citizenship Law of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (published in the Official Gazette of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, No. 33/96). This assessment reviews and comments on the text of the draft law only, and should not be construed as an endorsement or recommendation for or against a referendum election in the Republic of Montenegro. Nor should this assessment be construed as a substantive approval or disapproval of any question that may be subsequently decided by a referendum election.