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Paragraph 91
 

Article 9 of the Electoral Code regulates setting the date for Assembly elections.  Article 9(1) provides:  “If the mandate of the Assembly expires earlier than 30 days from the beginning of the electoral period, elections are conducted during the preceding electoral period.”  It would appear that, in the event of mandate expiration “earlier than 30 days from the beginning of the electoral period”, then the holding of elections “during the proceeding electoral period” could result in elections being held several months before the new Assembly’s mandate would commence.  The Venice Commission and the OSCE/ODIHR recommend that the text of Article 9 be checked to ensure that the original Albanian text correctly states the intent of the legislator.