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Specific Remarks C


Chapter 4. The National Assembly


Article 89.  National Assembly Composition and Election Procedure


While any electoral system is in principle acceptable as long as it respects the international standards in the field of elections17, it has to be reminded that “[t]he choice of an electoral system as well as a method of seat allocation remain both a sensitive constitutional issue and have to be carefully considered, including their adoption by a large consensus among political parties. While it is a sovereign choice of any democracy to determine its appropriate electoral system, there is the assumption that this latter has to reflect the will of the people. In other words, people have to trust the chosen system and its implementation”.