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Article 2.5
 

(1) The Central Election Commission of BiH shall consist of seven members: two Croats, two Bosniaks, two Serbs, and one other member.


(2) The nominees for the Central Election Commission of BiH shall be jointly nominated by the members of the Commission for Selection and Nomination. The Central Election Commission of BiH nominees shall be legal experts with experience in the administration of elections and/or electoral experts and may not hold any office in the bodies of a political party, association or foundations organizationally or financially related to the political party, and may not be involved in any political party activity.


(3) The Commission for Selection and Nomination shall have seven members out of whom two shall be appointed by the President of the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council from amongst members of the Council, three members shall be appointed by the Administrative Commission from amongst members of the Commission from the House of Representatives of Parliamentary Assembly of BiH and two shall be appointed by the President of the Central Election Commission of BiH from amongst members of the Central Election Commission of Bosnian Herzegovina.


(4) The constituent peoples, two Bosniaks, two Serbs, two Croats and one from amongst the Others must be represented in the Commission for Selection and Nomination.


(5) The Commissions for Selection and Nomination shall meet for the purpose of decision making on issues of appointments regulated by this Law. The procedure of announcement and determination of proposed candidates shall follow the Rules of Procedures adopted by the Commission for Selection and Nomination. A decision on the list of nominees for the Central Election Commission of BiH shall be made by two third (2/3) majority vote.


(6) In accordance with its procedures, the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH shall elect members of the Central Election Commission of BiH from the list of nominees. If this list is not submitted to the House of Representatives thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of the mandates of the members of the Central Election Commission of BiH, then the House of Representatives of BiH shall nominate and elect the members of the Central Election Commission of BiH.


(7) The Commission for Selection and Nomination shall have the obligation to provide the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of BIH with the candidate list not later than 30 days prior to the expiration of the mandates of the members of the Central Election Commission of BiH.


(8) In the event a member of the Central Election Commission of BiH cannot perform his/her duties as established in Article 2.15 of this law the Central Election Commission of BiH shall notify the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH. The House of Representatives of BiH shall in this case appoint a new member who is of the same Constituent Peoples including others as the previous member. A new member shall be appointed from the list of nominees submitted by the Commission for Selection and Nomination.


(9) In the event that the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of BIH fails to conduct the procedure referred to in Paragraph 6 of this Article, the members of the Central Election Commission of BIH shall continue to perform their duties until such time as the new members of the Central Election Commission of BIH have been appointed.


(10) The cost and expense for the public announcement of an open competition shall be provided from the Budget of the Central Election Commission of BiH.