Transitional establishment of steering bodies and election administration

(amended by Law No. 74/2012, dated 19 July 2012; amended by Law No. 101/2020, dated 23 July 2020)

1. The Commissioner, Regulator members, and the CSC members shall be elected the first time after the entry into force of this law, in interaction with the parliamentary parties that came out of the 2017 general elections which have lost parliamentary representation. The election of CEC steering bodies shall follow the order set out in this point.

2. The parties defined in point 1 of this Article shall authorize a representative in the capacity of special envoy to the parliamentary committee that is established pursuant to Article 17 of this Code. The special envoy shall participate in the candidate selection and examination procedure carried out by the parliamentary committee.

3. The parliamentary committee shall select three candidates for Commissioner who meet the requirements and criteria in this law for Commissioner. The special envoy shall disqualify one of the selected candidates. The other two candidates shall be submitted to the Assembly for voting, and the latter shall decide by majority of votes.

4. The special envoy shall have the right to select three candidates from the list of candidates for Deputy Commissioner who meet the requirements and criteria in this law for Commissioner. The committee shall disqualify by vote one of the selected candidates. The remaining two candidates shall be submitted to the Assembly for voting, and the latter shall decide by majority of votes.

5. The Regulator members shall be selected by a joint list of five names, among candidates who meet the conditions and requirements in the law for Regulator. The special envoy shall have the right to include two names of candidates in this list. The draft decision on the Regulator composition shall be submitted to the Assembly for voting and shall be approved by the majority of votes.

6. The CSC members shall be selected by a joint list of five names, among candidates who meet the conditions and requirements in the law for the CSC. The special envoy shall have the right to include two names of candidates in this list. The draft decision on the CSC composition shall be submitted to the Assembly for voting and shall be approved by the majority of votes.

7. Three CSC members, upon the expiry of the 4-year term from their election date, as per this Article, shall terminate their term. The members who terminate their term shall be appointed by lot drawn by the CEC in a public session no later than 30 days from the expiry of their 4-year term. Their replacement shall comply with the procedures in this law, and the new members shall be elected for a 9-year term. The members released from duty shall be entitled to rerun.

8. In the first general elections and local elections following the entry into force of this law, the right to propose CEAZ members, VCC members and BCT members shall be defined by the 2017 general elections result and the majority-minority configuration of the Assembly at its convening immediately after those elections.