In this context, the Venice Commission also draws attention to international standards on ineligibility. The Code of Good Practice in Electoral Matters (section I.1.d.) clearly states that deprivation of the right to vote and to be elected should be subject to several cumulative conditions. Amongst other matters it must be based on mental incapacity or a criminal conviction for a serious offence and must be imposed by express decision by a court of law. Neither of these conditions is satisfied in the present case: As mentioned earlier, it seems that the candidates in question had not been criminally convicted, and there has not been an express decision – before the elections – that they would be ineligible; the decree laws prohibiting them from public service did not include an express decision on the question of eligibility (and as seen above, they did not hinder other persons concerned by the prohibition from being elected as MPs).