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Paragraph 71
 

Although service on a ZEAC is temporary and the ZEAC is not a permanent body, the ZEAC nonetheless is an important institution of the Republic of Albania when elections are conducted. Thus, persons who hold positions on the ZEAC must be completely free from political influence or pressure.  The Venice Commission and the OSCE/ODIHR recommend, consistent with the international and European principles and the Code of Good Practice in Electoral Matters, that the Electoral Code be amended to provide that a member of an election commission can only be dismissed for failure to fulfil the member’s legal duties imposed by the Code.