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Section 57
 

(1) The President of the National Election Office shall submit a financial disclosure statement subject to the same content requirements as those of Members of the Parliament within thirty days of being elected, by the 31st of January each year after that, and within thirty days after the termination of their mandate.


(2) If the President of the National Election Office fails to submit a financial disclosure statement on time, he or she may not act in this official capacity and shall receive no remuneration until the financial disclosure statement is submitted.


(3) The financial disclosure statements shall be public, and their true and faithful copies shall be published on the official website of the elections without delay. Financial disclosure statements shall not be removed from the website for one year following the termination of the mandate of the President of the National Election Office.


(4) Anyone may initiate proceedings related to the financial disclosure statements of the President of the National Election Office with the Prime Minister by submitting a concrete statement of facts that concretely identifies the contested part of the financial disclosure statement and its content. If an initiative submitted fails to meet the requirements set out in this Subsection, it is manifestly unfounded or is a repeatedly submitted initiative without any new statement of facts or data, the Prime Minister shall reject the initiative without carrying out the proceedings. The truthfulness of financial disclosure statements shall be verified by the Prime Minister.


(5) In proceedings related to financial disclosure statements, the President of the National Election Office shall, when called upon by the Prime Minister, submit to the Prime Minister in writing and without delay the data proving the facts stated in the financial disclosure statement regarding wealth, income and financial interests. The Prime Minister shall inform the President of the Republic of the results of the verification by sending the information in question. Only the Prime Minister and the President of the Republic shall have access to this information.


(6) The data supplied as proof by the President of the National Election Office shall be deleted on the thirtieth day after the conclusion of the financial disclosure statement proceedings.