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Article 69
 

1. A group of voters in one electoral zone have the right to propose for that electoral zone a candidate who meets the criteria provided for in article 45 of the Constitution and article 63 of this Code, no later than 50 days before the election date,


2. A candidate proposed by a group of voters may not be part of any party or coalition that is running in the elections, nor can he/she openly or indirectly support any other subject or candidate running in the elections.


3. For the submission of a candidate by the voters, an initiating committee is established, which shall be composed of no fewer than 9 voters from the respective electoral zone, who are tasked with organizing the work for gathering the supporting signatures for the candidate in accordance with this Code. No later than 70 days before the election date, the initiating committee registers with the CEC by submitting the names of the committee’s members. The committee may register a candidate for deputy only if it has gathered support for the candidate from no less than 1 per cent of the voters registered in the list of that electoral zone, but in any case no more than 3,000 voters, according to the procedures provided for in this Code.


4. The candidates proposed by the voters shall be exempt from the obligation envisaged in point 3 of this article if they are deputies. In this case, the candidate submits a written attestation signed by the Assembly certifying the holding of the seat for at least the last 6 months.