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5. The constituency abroad


According to Article 90.4, “in the uninominal [majoritarian] constituency established abroad will be considered elected those three candidates who have accumulated the highest number of votes”. Three representatives will therefore be allocated, according to this draft proposal, to the citizens residing and voting abroad. There is an inconsistency in the terms used, as the constituency abroad is considered to be majoritarian, and therefore, it should be a single-member constituency. Moreover, the proposal does not take into account important matters such as the low number of representatives elected by such a large number of citizens, the difficulties for campaigning in such a large constituency, or the peculiarities of financing candidates abroad.