The above-noted exclusions appear to be aimed at addressing the parliamentary boycott and seeking the functioning of the parliament, but depriving individual parties of the established right to participate in the election administration is not the proper or proportionate way to do so. While states are not obliged to provide parties with the right to manage the elections, if the choice of election management structure is one of multi-party representation, the right should be extended to all political parties based on either their representation in parliament or electoral strength in terms of votes received. While the legislation should address how and when changes in commission membership should occur when a political party dissolves, new parties emerge, or when the relative strength and representation of parties in elected institutions change, the application of the above-mentioned factors in determining which parties will form the election administration risk increasing political tension and undermining confidence in the election administration. This is especially so in situations of parliamentary boycott by (part of) the opposition which will result in many parties losing the right to appoint members to the CEC. It must be stressed again that political dialogue remains the most appropriate mechanism to overcome political stalemate.