Discharge and release from duty of CEAZ members and secretaries

1. CEAZ members and secretaries shall be discharged from duty by a CEC decision in the event they:

a) violate the provisions of this Code or secondary legislation enacted pursuant to this Code, concerning CEAZ duties;

b) are convicted by a final court decision for committing a crime;

c) are absent without a reasonable cause for more than three consecutive CEAZ meetings, or are not present, without reasonable cause, for more than 2 consecutive days during the electoral period; or

ç) do not participate in trainings or do not pass the tests organised by the CEC.

2. CEAZ members and secretaries shall be released from duty by a CEC decision when they:

a) have a close relationship by marriage, or family relations, to the fourth degree, with any of the candidates running in that zone;

b) have employment relations with any of the candidates included in the multiname list of a party or a coalition running in that zone;

c) no longer meet the criteria of being a voter;

ç) no longer have their domicile in the electoral zone;

d) the electoral subject that has proposed them requests their substitution.

3. The member and the secretary of the CEAZ shall be released/discharged from duty by the CEC, upon its own initiative or upon the proposal of electoral subjects, only for the causes provided for in this Article. In any case, the request for release or discharge from duty must also contain the arguments and facts concerning the alleged violation. In the case provided for in letter “d” of point 2 of this Article, this rule shall not be applicable and the request shall be accepted in any case.