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32. Regarding the introduction of new provisions disqualifying a candidate in presidential elections, or on being a prime minister or minister, the UN Human Rights Committee has for instance considered that when the law-making process introducing such restrictions was highly linked in time and substance to other proceedings, in the specific case impeachment proceedings against an individual, the said restrictions lacked the necessary foreseeability and objectivity and thus amounted to an unreasonable restriction under Article 25 (b) and (c) of the ICCPR.