Procedure and Timeline for Consideration of a Complaint
A complaint prepared in compliance with the requirements of this Code shall be considered by the respective election commission at its meeting.
A meeting of an election commission which shall consider a complaint shall be convened with mandatory invitation of the complainant, the respondent, and other parties concerned mentioned in the complaint.
An election commission shall notify the persons indicated in Part two of this Article of the place, date and time of holding the meeting which shall consider a complaint, by way of sending registered telegram, facsimile, e-mail, telephone message (telephonogram, SMS). Evidence of the notification of the aforementioned persons shall be appended to the minutes of the election commission’s meeting, at which the complaint was considered.
A failure to attend the election commission’s meeting by persons who were duly notified about it shall not preclude consideration of the complaint.
A copy of the complaint and the documents appended thereto shall be provided to the respondent and the parties concerned in advance, or, if not possible, no later than the commencement of consideration of the complaint. The respondent shall be entitled to provide written explanation on the merits of the complaint which shall be taken into account by the respective election commission.
