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.