Q. Determination of election results

Article 61 of the draft law regulates the procedure for determining the election results by territorial election commissions. Although Article 61 states that the information in the protocols of the TEC shall include the information stated on the protocols of the PEC, there is no explicit requirement that the information in the TEC protocol be broken down by precinct level, which is an important element in increasing transparency. The Venice Commission and OSCE/ODIHR previously recommended this provision be amended to clearly state that the summary table required by the law provides all information broken down to the precinct level. The same recommendation was made for the provision, which regulates the content of the CEC protocol, to ensure that the “summary table containing summary data of the lower ranking election commissions’ protocols” is broken down by each precinct and territorial election commission. These recommendations remain unaddressed.