Proposal by the Minister of Foreign Affairs

(1) The Central Election Commission shall appoint in each section election commission one member each as nominated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs or by a Deputy Minister authorised by him.
(2) The Minister of Foreign Affairs or the Deputy Minister authorised by him may make the proposal as referred to in Para. (1) herein on the basis of proposals by organisations of Bulgarian citizens in the respective country.
(3) The Minister of Foreign Affairs or the Deputy Minister authorised by him shall make the proposal as referred to in Para. (1) herein not later than 16 days in advance of election day. The proposal shall be accompanied by a list of alternate members who would replace the nominees in the cases as referred to in Art. 51, Para. 2 or where a member of the section election commission fails to turn up on the election day. Any such replacement shall be subject to decision by the Central Election Commission.