Submission of Complaints

(1) Actions/inactions and the decisions of electoral bodies, as well as actions/inactions of the candidates, may be challenged at the electoral body within 3 calendar days as of date of committing the action or adopting the decision. !e term for submitting the complaint is calculated starting with the next day of the date when the action/ inaction was committed or identi"ed or when the decision was adopted.

(2) In local elections, the decisions on the complaints related to the actions/inactions of the candidates made by the electoral councils may be appealed in a court of law within whose territorial jurisdiction the respective electoral council is situated.

(3) Complaints against the actions and decisions of the Central Electoral Commission will be submitted to the Chisinau Court of Appeal.

(4) A candidate’s complaint cannot be submitted by the member of the respective electoral council, but it may be submitted by the representative of the candidates in the respective electoral body or by a person empowered by the candidate by proxy.

(5) If the examination of the complaint is not under the jurisdiction of the respective electoral body, the complaint, together with all attached materials, shall be immediately sent for examination to the appropriate authority within a maximum of 2 calendar days of its receipt.