The law requires 10,000 signatures for all candidate lists to stand for the parliamentary election, even lists from parties that already have parliamentary representation. The purpose of signature requirements is to show there is a minimum level of support for candidates that wish to stand for election and to prevent a large number of candidates with little support from confusing the choice of the voters. As noted in Article 8 of the Explanatory Report to the Code of Good Practice, “[i]n practice, only the most marginal parties seem to have any difficulty gathering the requisite number of signatures”. Parties that are represented in parliament have already demonstrated a minimum level of support, and an additional signature requirement appears unreasonable. The Venice Commission and ODIHR recommend that parties represented in parliament be exempted from the signature requirement.