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Paragraph 56
 

According to Article 19(3) if the mandate of a member of the CEC ends prematurely during an electoral period, he/she is to be replaced by the Assembly as soon as possible, but no later than 48 hours after the creation of the vacancy. It means that the Assembly has to have a session in the first two days (incl. Saturday and Sunday) after the termination of the mandate of the CEC. Before the session the candidates to the CEC have to be found and their consent to start their duties practically immediately is needed. Such procedure might be too speedy to apply. It could be suggested to reconsider the nomination procedure for the replacement of the members of CEC. A possible solution could be a nomination procedure of substitute members beforehand. The Venice Commission and the OSCE/ODIHR recommend that this regulation be reconsidered.