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The exclusion of candidates from the existing list may be considered an unfair (constitutionally dubious) ”retroactive measure” in the light of Article 58 of the Constitution which explicitly establishes that laws cannot have retroactive effect. In this context the adopted Law creates a double problem. The first one can be identified with a violation of the right of citizens to choose their candidates in elections and to be informed about the rules applicable to the lists of elected candidates. The second one concerns the right of an individual who accepted to participate in elections as a candidate of a given political party under certain conditions.