Paragraph 87

 

87.  Articles 48 through 50 of the Law on Local Elections regulate protection of suffrage rights. These articles set forth the same basic principles that are set forth in the Law on Parliamentary Elections. The shortcomings in the Law on Parliamentary Elections are also found in the Law on Local Elections. The OSCE/ODIHR and the Venice Commission recommend that these articles similarly be amended to provide for: (1) more reasonable deadlines for filing complaints and appeals, (2) notice to all parties affected by a decision, (3) the right to present evidence in support of a complaint after it is filed, (4) the right to a fair, public, and transparent hearing on a complaint, and (5) the right to appeal the decision on a complaint to a court of law.