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Article 124
 

1. Any political party, whether or not a member of a coalition, and a candidate proposed by the voters have the right to complain to the CEC against CEAZ decisions which affect their legal interests, within three days from the announcement of the decision.


2. The CEAZ decision on the declaration of election results for local government units under its jurisdiction, taken according to article 122 of this Code, may be appealed to the CEC no later than 5 days from the announcement of the decision for the approval of the Aggregate Table of Results of the Electoral Zone.
The complaint against the decision may seek the amendment of the Aggregate Table of Results of the Electoral Zone or/and invalidation of the result in one or several Voting Centres, according to article 160 of this Code.


3. The CEC decision on the approval of the Aggregate Table of Results of the Electoral Zone, taken in accordance with article 123 of this Code, may be appealed to the CEC no later than 5 days from the announcement of this decision. The complaint against the decision may seek the amendment of the Aggregate Table of Results of the Electoral Zone or/and invalidation of the result in one or several Voting Centres, according to article 160 of this Code.


4. In any case, the complaint for invalidation, according to article 160, and the complaint for the amendment of the table of results are submitted in the same administrative complaint, according to points 2 and 3 of this article. The complaint specifies the Voting Centres for which the amendment of the result or invalidation is requested.


5. The right to complain, according to point 1 of this article, is granted also to those individuals or political parties whose requests for registering as an electoral subject have been refused, and to those subjects referred to in article 6 of this Code, complaining against the rejection of requests for accreditation as observers, when the accreditation of the observers is delegated to the CEAZs. The CEC decisions for the registration or rejection to register as an electoral subject, taken in accordance with Part IV of this Code, may be appealed to the Electoral College, in accordance with Chapter I, Part XI of this Code.


6. During the examination of the submitted administrative complaints, the CEC examines the entirety of the case therein, including the invalidation of elections in specific voting centres, but not limited to the object of the administrative complaint submitted by the electoral subject.