Withdrawal of the Accepted List of Candidates

(1) National minority organisations which proposed the accepted lists of candidates may withdraw their lists in the manner provided for in their articles of association or in a special decision issued on the basis of their articles of association, within 24 hours after the competent electoral commission publishes the list.
(2) For the list of candidates proposed by members of a national minority – voters, the withdrawal decision shall be issued by the persons submitting the proposed list of candidates under Article 10, paragraph 3 of this Act.
(3) The withdrawal decision shall be sent in writing to the competent electoral commission within the time frame provided in paragraph 1 of this Article.
(4) Withdrawal of one or more candidates on the list shall not be allowed after the expiry of the nomination deadline, and in that case the withdrawal of a candidate shall not be accepted and the list shall remain valid with the names of all published candidates.
(5) If one or more candidates from the list of candidates should withdraw prior to the expiry of the nomination deadline, the competent electoral commission shall apply mutatis mutandis the provision under Article 17, paragraphs 3 and 4 of this Act.