Joining administrative complaints

(amended by Law No. 74/2012, dated 19 July 2012)

1. The examination of administrative complaints against the result of an electoral zone, according to Article 124, shall only start after the deadline specified in points 2 and 3 of Article 124 of this Code has expired. The CEC, prior to or during the examination of an administrative complaint, shall decide to examine it jointly with one or more other administrative complaints submitted by various entities against the same decision of the CEAZ, according to Article 122, or, depending on the case, of the CEC, taken in accordance with Article 123 on the election result and/or invalidation.

2. When several administrative complaints are submitted to the CEC for the same electoral zone and when at least one of them seeks the invalidation of elections in one or more voting centres, in accordance with Article 160 of this Code, the CEC shall examine first the claim for the invalidation of elections in those voting centres. The CEC decision for the invalidation of one or more voting centres, according to Article 160, shall be an interim decision, and may be appealed to the Electoral College together with the CEC decision that adjudicates the complaint submitted in accordance to Article 124 of the Code. 

3. The CEC decision to join administrative complaints shall be final.

4. The CEC decision to join administrative complaints shall be posted for the public at the entrance of the CEC headquarters no later than two hours after it has been taken.