1. A coalition may be certified to contest an election under one name, provided that it consists
solely of political parties that are eligible to be certified under paragraph 4 and 5 of Article 16 of
this law.

2. The CEC shall treat a coalition as a single political entity from the day the coalition is certified
by it until the results of the election are certified. A political party may not withdraw from a
coalition once it has been certified, until the results of the election are certified.

3. Upon dissolution of a coalition, each of the registered political parties that were members of
the coalition shall be responsible for a share of all liabilities incurred by the coalition proportional
to the agreement of the coalition, including any outstanding fines imposed by the CEC, the
Office or the ECAP.

4. A political party that is a member of a coalition cannot participate as a member of another
coalition or as a separate political party in the same election.

5. A political party that is a member of a coalition, after the end of the mandate for which it
contested, shall retain and inherit the rights acquired before the establishment of the coalition.