III. DISCUSSION OF THE DRAFT NATIONAL ELECTIONS LAW AND THE DRAFT ELECTION COMMISSIONS LAW

A.  Electoral System for Parliament

Article 70 of the Constitution adopted in June 2010 establishes the number of parliamentary seats at 120. Members of parliament are elected for a five-year term through a proportional party list system within a single nation-wide constituency. Article 70 also provides that “as a result of elections a political party may not be granted more than 65 deputy mandates in the Parliament.”