Right to engage the CEC

(added by Law No. 101/2020, dated 23 July 2020)

1. The CEC shall be engaged ex officio, upon request of electoral subjects in accordance with the rights vested on them by this law, as well as upon request of third parties in upholding their legitimate interests and in matters falling within the scope of the CEC powers.

2. Requests or complaints by electoral subjects shall be handled in accordance with the procedure established by this law and the secondary legislation issued for its implementation. Requests, complaints, information, proposals or denunciations of third parties shall be handled in accordance with the procedure set forth in the Administrative Procedure Code and within the deadlines set by the CEC through its secondary legislation.

3. When requests, complaints, information, proposals or denunciations by third parties relate to administrative investigations conducted pursuant to this law on activities carried out in elections by electoral subjects, they shall form part of administrative investigations against the electoral subjects.