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Article 24
 

Setting up of PECs


1. PECs shall be composed of 13 members appointed/elected by the subjects under this Law under the procedure and within the time frame defined by this Law.


2. A respective DEC shall elect 6 PEC members by a majority vote of the total number of DEC members.


3. The CEC shall elect 6 members of a PEC set up abroad by a majority vote of the total number of CEC members.


4. The subjects under this Law shall elect 7 PEC members as provided for by Article 13 of this Law.


4.1. A legally competent citizen of Georgia from the age of 18, who meets the requirements defined by this Law, may be elected/appointed as a member of a PEC.


5. The following subjects shall not be elected/appointed as PEC members:


a) a person who has been dismissed from a position in the Electoral Administration of Georgia by the election commission or the court for violating the electoral legislation of Georgia – for eight years after the day of his/her dismissal;
b) a person who has violated the electoral legislation of Georgia and the violation is confirmed by the court – for eight years after the entry into legal force of the court decision;
c) a person with previous conviction (except when a fine has been imposed as a sanction);
d) an MP of Georgia or the head of staff of the Parliament of Georgia;
e) ministers and deputy ministers of Georgia and the Autonomous Republics;
f) heads of departments and divisions of the ministries;
g) heads of local self-government representative and executive bodies – head of Sakrebulo, Gamgebeli (head of local municipality), Mayor, and their deputies;
h) military personnel, personnel serving under the Ministries of Internal Affairs, Defence, and Corrections of Georgia; officers of the State Security Service of Georgia and Georgian Intelligence Service, the Special State Protection Service of Georgia, and the Investigation Department of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia;
i) judges and their assistants;
j) employees of the Prosecutor’s Office;
k) electoral subjects/candidates and their representatives;
l) election observers.


6. A public servant may be appointed as a PEC member, except for persons listed in paragraph 5(d-j) of this article. The requirements for incompatibility of office set by the Law of Georgia on Public Service shall not apply to the public servant. While acting in the capacity of a PEC member, the term of office of a public servant shall be suspended at his/her permanent place of work, for which purpose he/she shall be granted, as provided for by law, an unpaid leave or his/her paid leave at his/her request.