The early termination of the mandate of a CEC member
1. The mandate of a CEC member and of the Chairman ends before its expiry when:
a) he engages in political activity at the same time he exercises the duties of a CEC member;
b) he reaches the age of retirement;
c) he dies;
ç) he resigns from office;
d) he is found guilty by a final court decision for the commitment of a crime;
dh) by acting or failing to act, he seriously places at risk the activity of the CEC concerning the preparation, supervision, direction and verification of all aspects that pertain to elections and referenda, as well as to the declaration of their results;
e) is absent, without a reasonable cause, at two consecutive CEC meetings or, in an election period, for more than 5 days.
2. The dismissal of a CEC member is made by a decision of the Assembly upon the proposal of the CEC for the reasons provided in letters (a) (d) (dh) and (e) of point 1 of this article. The CEC is required to start its procedure for a dismissal proposal no later than 5 days from having been informed of the cause. In other cases of point 1 of this article, the CEC member is released by a decision of the Assembly, after it has been notified by the CEC.
