Paragraph 74

 

74.  As already indicated, many of the legal provisions for the conduct of local elections are contained in the Law on Parliamentary Elections. Article 52 of the Law on Local Elections expressly states that the Law on Parliamentary Elections applies “if not otherwise prescribed by this law”.[14] Accordingly, the concerns identified above for the Law on Parliamentary Elections apply equally to the Law on Local Elections, particularly concerning candidate nomination, transparency, media and campaign finance, forfeiture of an elected candidate’s mandate, and processes for election complaints and appeals. However, there are additional concerns with the Law on Local Elections, which are discussed below.