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Article 155
 

Application for candidacy submitted by a constituency association   An application for candidacy submitted by a constituency association must include:   1. a proposal for the constituency association’s list of candidates, in which the candidate information referred to in section 153 (1) is stated;  the candidate’s consent, including the candidate’s personal identity code and signature, to standing as candidate for the constituency association, consent to accepting the office of municipality representative, and affirmation that he or she has not agreed to stand as a candidate for another party or constituency association in the same elections; and the constituency association charter. The application must be dated and signed by the constituency association election representative, affirming in this that the candidate is eligible for election  and that the charter has been personally signed by the members of the constituency association.