Verification of completion of the form and content of the administrative complaint

1. The CEC shall designate, by lot, one of its members as a rapporteur for each administrative complaint recorded. The rapporteur shall verify the existence of the formal elements, according to Article 126 of this Code, and of the elements stipulated in Article 130 of this Code. The verification result shall be reported at a CEC meeting no later than 24 hours from the moment the administrative complaint has been recorded.

2. The rules for drawing the lot to appoint a rapporteur, according to point 1 of this Article, shall be established by a CEC decision.

3. The CEC shall perform the preliminary verification of the administrative complaint and shall decide:

a) to accept the complaint for review;

b) not to accept the complaint due to lack of the elements stipulated in Article 130 of this Code; or

c) to send back the complaint for completion of the formal elements stipulated in Article 126 of this Code.

4. In the case provided for in letter “c” of point 3 of this Article, the complainant shall complete the complaint and resubmit it within 24 hours from the moment this decision is announced. The administrative complaint may be sent back for completion only once. The second verification of the administrative complaint shall be completed within 24 hours of its resubmission.