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Article 15
 

1. The seventh member and at the same time the CEC Chair is elected no later than ten days after the completion of the procedure for the election of the CEC members, according to article 14 of this Code.


2. No later than 30 days prior to the expiry date of the CEC Chair’s mandate, the Assembly of the Republic of Albania publishes the vacancy announcement for the CEC Chair. Any citizen who meets the criteria set out in article 12 of this Code may apply as a candidate for CEC Chair. The application is submitted together with the relevant documentation that certifies the fulfilment of the legal criteria for a CEC member.


3. The list of candidates is forwarded to the parliamentary committee on legal affairs for the verification of the fulfilment of the legal criteria. The candidates proposed in accordance with letter “a” of point 1 of article 14 of this Code may not be included in this list; and shall be removed if they are already included. The committee examines the applications in compliance with the Rules of Procedure of the Assembly. After verification of the criteria, the following procedure is carried out:


a) the committee selects for submission for a vote of the Assembly the two candidates who enjoy the largest support of the committee members, but no less than 2/3 of all the committee members. When more than two candidates receive the qualified majority, the two most endorsed candidates are submitted for the vote. Each committee member may endorse up to four candidates;
b) when the qualified majority according to letter "a" is not obtained by at least two candidates, the committee identifies four candidates who have received the largest support of the committee members after the application of letter "a";
c) when during the implementation of letters “a” and “b”, two or more candidates obtain the same endorsement, their selection is done by drawing lots;
ç) representatives of the parliamentary minority in the committee exclude two of the candidates selected in accordance with letter “b”. The remaining candidates are forwarded to the Assembly for voting;
d) the candidate that receives more than half of the votes of the Members of Parliament is elected the CEC Chair.