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Paragraph 23
 

Article 13(2) lists the categories of persons who “may not be elected”. Such a wording is ambiguous. Should it be understood as listing restrictions to the right to stand as a candidate, or as listing restrictions to the right to take a mandate? In other words, is Article 13(2) dealing with ineligibility or with incompatibility? In the former case, the restrictions of article 13(2) would provide ground to reject a candidacy before the elections; in the latter case, the restrictions would theoretically only apply when taking the mandate.