Registration of electoral coalitions

(amended by Law No. 74/2012, dated 19 July 2012; point 3 added by Law No. 118/2020, dated 5 October 2020)

1. Two or more political parties registered as electoral subjects with the CEC, in accordance with Article 64 of this Code, may register with the CEC as an electoral coalition at a national level no later than 60 days before the election date.

2. A political party that is a member of a coalition may not participate in another coalition, nor may it present candidates or a multi-name list of candidates outside the coalition they are a part of.

3. At the moment of registration, the coalition must declare the leading political party of the coalition. For the purpose of this law, all the rights and obligations of electoral subjects stipulated in this law shall be fulfilled by the leading party of the coalition. The relations among member parties of the coalition and mutual obligations among them shall be regulated in the coalition agreement, which is part of the documentation submitted by the coalition to the CEC.