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Article 22
 

Spokesperson


(1) A spokesperson and a deputy spokesperson shall be designated in every constitu-ency nomination. If such a designation is not made, the first person to have signed shall be considered the spokesperson and the second person to have signed the deputy spokesperson.


(2) Unless otherwise specified in this Law, only the spokespersons and their deputies, each for themselves, shall be authorized to make and receive binding statements con-cerning the constituency nomination.


(3) Spokespersons and deputy spokespersons may be removed from office and re-placed by others through a written statement issued by the majority of the signatories of the constituency nomination and addressed to the Constituency Returning Officer.