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Article 25
 

The permanent composition of the municipal election commission shall include a chairperson and four members and one empowered representative of each candidate list submitting entity.


The candidate of a political party, i.e. candidate list submitting entity which won the highest number of councillor seats in the previous elections shall be appointed chairperson of municipal election commission.


If a coalition candidate list won the highest number of seats in the previous elections, as a rule, the candidate of the political party which won the highest number of councillor seats within the coalition shall be appointed chairperson of municipal election commission.


The secretary of the municipal election commission shall be appointed at the proposal of parliamentary opposition.


As a rule, the candidate proposed by the opposition candidate list which won the highest number of councillor seats in the previous elections shall be appointed secretary of municipal election commission.


Commission secretary shall be in charge of administrative duties provided for in electoral legislation. Two members of the permanent composition of the municipal election commission shall be appointed at the proposal of parliamentary opposition.


Permanent members from the ranks of opposition shall be representatives of opposition candidate lists in the relevant municipal assembly in proportion to the number of seats won at previous elections, while in the case of the same number of seats, advantage shall be given to the candidate list which received the highest number of votes.


If there is only one opposition candidate list in the relevant municipal assembly, both members of the permanent composition of the municipal election commission shall be appointed at the proposal of that opposition candidate list.


The chairperson and permanent composition members of the municipal election commission shall have their deputies appointed.


Empowered representative of the candidate list submitting entity may have a deputy.


Chairperson and members of the commission, as well as empowered representatives of candidate list submitting entities, in the case of their absence or inability to work, shall be replaced by their deputies who shall perform commission activities and tasks.


Chairperson of the commission, his deputy and secretary, as well as permanent commission members and their deputies shall be appointed from among lawyers.