In a mayoral election and in an election of the members of a settlement local government representative body, a candidate of a national minority organisation within the meaning of the Act on the rights of national minorities or a joint candidate of multiple national minority organisations representing the same national minority shall be a national minority candidate if he

a) is recorded in the national minority electoral register,

b) did not stand for election as a candidate of another national minority in the last two general elections of local government representatives and mayors and national minority self-government representatives and in the following by-elections, and

c) makes a statement that

ca) he is willing to undertake to represent the national minority,

cb) he speaks the language of the national minority community and is familiar with its culture and traditions.