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Article 109 of the Constitution establishes the frequency of local elections when it states that “The representative authorities of the basic local governance shall be the councils, which are elected every four years, through general, direct and secret voting.” Taken together with Article 67 of the Constitution and Article 9(1) of the Electoral Code, this means that the mandate of local authorities shall not exceed four years.