Each candidate for deputy must complete an income and property declaration (Article 56.1). Article 56.3 permits the district election commission to request the State Tax Administration for verification of the details contained in the declaration. It is not likely that the election commission would check the details of every declaration. As has been previously recommended by the OSCE/ODIHR and the Venice Commission, the law should provide objective and reasonable criteria on which such requests for verification should be made. Inclusion of reasonable and objective criteria would prevent abuse of this article and selective use against candidates from a particular party.
