An LGEC consist of seven members who are appointed according to the
following procedure:
Two of the members are proposed by the main ruling party, two members are proposed by the main party of the parliamentary opposition and two members are proposed respectively by the second party within the ruling political spectrum based on the number of votes obtained during the last local governmental election and by the second party within the political spectrum of the opposition based on the number of votes obtained during the last local governmental election.
In half of LGECs, the seventh member is proposed by the main governing party, and in the other half by the main party of the parliamentary opposition. The respective LGECs are established by CEC according to objective criteria based on:
random selection;
equal distribution in the electoral territory;
The chairman and deputy chairman of the LGEC are selected by the CEC upon the proposal of the LGEC. In those LGECs where the seventh member is selected by the main governing party, the chairman is selected from among the members of LGEC representing the main governing party, and in the other half a representative of the main party of the parliamentary opposition. The deputy chairman is of the opposite political affiliation to that of the chairman.
The secretary of an LGEC is appointed by the CEC on the proposal of the LGEC, for a period of time determined by the CEC. The secretary of an LGEC shall be a jurist and have the status of a non-voting member of the LGEC.
Members of an LGEC may not be deputies or candidates for the Assembly, part of the representative organs of local government, or members of another LGEC. Members of the LGEC may not be military personnel or members of the structures of the State Police or the State Information Service.
Members of the LGEC shall, as a rule, have higher education and may not have been convicted of a crime by a final court decision.
Members of the LGEC shall have a domicile or registered residence in the respective local unit.
The LGEC is a permanent organ, but its members do not work full-time. The CEC determines the working hours of the members of the LGEC during the election period or outside of it.
Political parties registered with the CEC as electoral subjects, that do not have a member in the LGEC in accordance with section 1 of this article, have the right to designate one non-voting representative each to the LGEC after nomination of their candidate for mayor of a commune or municipality, or multi-name list candidates for the local council.
Independent candidates in a commune or municipality have the right to name one non-voting representative each to the LGEC.
9. If a political party represented in the LGEC does not nominate a candidate for mayor of
a commune or municipality and has not submitted a multi-name list for the local council,
it relinquishes its seat on the LGEC.
10. The LGEC is re-established in accordance with the results of the last elections to the
local council no later than one month after the declaration of the final results of the local
elections by the CEC.
11. When the seat of a member of the LGEC is vacant, it is filled in compliance with the
rules provided in this article within 30 days from the date of creation of the vacancy.
During the election period, vacant seats are filled within three days.
