Assessment of the Referendum Law in the Republic of Montenegro (FYR)

This assessment reviews and comments on the Law on Referendum, dated 19 February 2001, for conducting referendums in the Republic of Montenegro/Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. This assessment is based on unofficial English translations of the following: (1) the Referendum Law, consisting of forty-four (44) articles, (2) Law on the Election of Councillors and Representatives of the Republic of Montenegro (2000),2 (3) Law on Registers of Electors of the Republic of Montenegro (2000),3 (4) Citizenship Law of the Republic of Montenegro (1999),4 (5) Constitution of the Republic of Montenegro (1992), (6) Constitution of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992), and (7) 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 Referendum Law only, and should not be construed as an endorsement or recommendation for a referendum in the Republic of Montenegro; nor should this assessment be construed as an endorsement or approval of any question that may be subsequently decided by a referendum.