III. Comments on the Text on the Draft Electoral Law 

K. Complaints and appeals

Previous joint opinions of the Venice Commission and the OSCE/ODIHR, as well as the final reports of OSCE/ODIHR, have expressed concerns about the complexity of the system for adjudicating electoral disputes. There has been improvement in the system for resolving electoral disputes over the course of amendments since 2004. However, as noted by the OSCE/ODIHR final report on the 2012 parliamentary elections, the problem of complexity remains and “a significant number of complaints were rejected on procedural grounds, such as being filed with the wrong body, which testifies to this shortcoming.”[1]

[1] See OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission Final Report on the 28 October 2012 parliamentary elections, page 25.