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Paragraph 73
 

Article 36 of the Code provides that the Voting Centre Commission (VCC) is composed in accordance with the manner and the criteria provided by Article 29 for the ZEAC, with the exception of the thirty percent (30%) gender requirement stated in Article 29(1). Thus, concerns stated above regarding the ZEAC also apply to the VCC. The concern about legal provisions, which allow a political party that has nominated a member of the ZEAC to dismiss and replace its member, is particularly applicable since a similar provision in Article 39(2) allows discretionary replacement of a VCC member. The Venice Commission and the OSCE/ODIHR recommend that Article 39(2) of the Code be amended in the same fashion as recommended for Article 32(2).