War. 88.18% voted for, 10.46% voted against. To adopt the 1994 Constitution of the Republic of Belarus with amendments and additions (new revision of the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus) suggested by President of the Republic of Belarus A.G. Lukashenko. 70.45% voted for, 9.39 voted against. Do you favor the free, without any limitations, selling and buying of land? 15.35% voted for, 82.88% voted against Do you approve the abolition of the death sentence in the Republic of Belarus? 17.93% voted for, 82.88% voted against. Supreme Council's questions To adopt the 1994 Constitution of the Republic of Belarus with amendments and additions suggested by the Communist and Agrarian fractions of the Supreme Soviet. 7.93% voted for, 71.2% voted against Do you favor the suggestion that the leaders of the local organs of the executive power to be elected directly by the residents of the corresponding administrative-territorial unit? 28.14% voted for, 69.92% voted against Do you agree that financing of all branches of state power has to be carried out in an open and transparent way and only from the state budget? 32.18% voted for, 65.85% voted against. The Belarusian democratic opposition, human rights organizations and several foreign observers have recorded numerous violations of the legislation regarding the organization of the referendum, both during the voting itself and during the campaign before it. The referendum was accompanied by a constitutional crisis, a conflict between president Alexander Lukashenko and the oppositional parliament. There have been mass street protests by the opposition protesting against the referendum and against human rights violations. The opposition also spoke of the rigging of the referendum, and never recognized the results, as well as the results of the previous referendum held in 1995. Alena Skryhan, the deputy head of Communist fraction of the Parliament in 1996 said that the referendum had led to monopolization of all branches of power by president Alexander Lukashenko. 2000 Parliamentary Elections In October 2000, parliamentary elections occurred for the first time since the referendum of 1996. According to Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)/ODIHR, these elections failed to meet international standards for democratic elections. Lukashenko announced early in 2001 that presidential elections would be held. Western monitors made charges of nondemocratic practices throughout the election period, including charges vote counting fraud. These charges of irregularities led the OSCE/ODIHR to find that these elections also failed to meet Belarus' OSCE commitments