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Article 12
 

1. The Central Election Commission (CEC) shall be composed of 7 members.


2. Any Albanian citizen with the right to vote may be appointed a member of the CEC provided that the candidate fulfils the following criteria:


a) is older than 35 years old;
b) holds a higher education degree;
c) has a professional experience of no less than 10 years of work, in at least one of the following fields:


i. law;
ii. public administration;
iii. administration of elections;
iv. a director of non-profit organizations that have as an object of their activity the protection and promotion of human rights and freedoms, the conduct of democratic elections or public policy;


ç) has not been convicted of a crime;
d) has not been a member of any political party in the last 5 years;
dh) has not been elected a deputy of the Assembly in the last 5 years;
e) has not been a member of the State Police, Armed Forces and State
Intelligence Service in the last 5 years;
ë) has not been dismissed from the public administration or any other public function due to a violation.