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Article 111
 

Rights and Responsibilities of MP Candidates and Safeguards for Their Activities

 

1. From the moment of registration and until the official announcement of election results, candidates who are employees of state and local self-government bodies shall be relieved of their official duties.

2. Candidates shall be exempt from military musters, military service and training exercises until the official announcement of the election results.

3. The period of time when a candidate is taking part in an election shall be added to his or her record as time spent at work in his or her position held before registering as an MP candidate.

4. Candidates shall have the right to withdraw from the race upon a written application submitted no later than 18:00, ten days before the voting day. In case of self-withdrawal, the electoral deposit and the money left in the pre-election fund shall be transferred to the state budget.

5. Parties shall have the right to withdraw their electoral lists or to remove any candidate from their lists upon a written application submitted no later than 18:00, ten days before the voting day, by the decision of the party’s permanently functioning body (endorsed by the permanently functioning bodies of parties-members of an alliance). That decision shall be presented to the Central Electoral Commission immediately. No changes in electoral lists shall be allowed after the end of the voting.

6. MP candidates under proportional or majoritarian system may be detained or subjected to court mandated administrative or criminal prosecution only with the Central Electoral Commission’s consent. The vote of the two-thirds of the Central Electoral Commission members is required to pass decisions on such matters.