II. Comments on the text of the draft law

I. Guarantees of activities of political parties, candidates and official observers

NGOs must first apply to the CEC for permission to deploy official observers under Article 77(2) no later than sixty days prior to election day. The only permissible reason for denying such an application is that the NGO was not properly registered or that the charter does not stipulate that it is engaged in election-related matters including monitoring.