b. Right to stand for election
Interference under Article 23.2 of the Law would comply with these reservations if it was in compliance with the constitution and the law, and proportionate. As was said before, the exclusion of those persons from elective offices, who cannot be trusted to exercise their power in compliance with the principles of a democratic state ruled by law, and thus the establishing of a democracy is certainly “in the public interest” within the meaning of Article 17 of the Constitution, and a legitimate aim within the meaning of the European Convention on Human Rights.