Procedure

Once a petition has been accepted for processing, the Tribunal shall send it to the Elections Inspectorate which shall be in charge of the procedure. The stipulations of the ordinary administrative procedure regulated in the General Public Administration Act shall be followed to this end. Once the investigation has been concluded, the Elections Inspectorate shall send the case file to the Tribunal for its resolution. 

The Tribunal can also order the Elections Inspectorate to carry out a preliminary administrative investigation to determine the merits of the commencement of ordinary administrative proceedings. Once this investigation has been concluded, the Tribunal may close the case or proceed in accordance with paragraph one of this Article.