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Paragraph 33
 

 Article 32 is understood as meaning that the DECs of 7 or more members are organised so that all parties who have been successful (overcome the threshold) in the nationwide elections are ensured of appointing a member – i.e., in addition to 3 appointed by the CEC (from candidacies as per sections 4 and 5) and 1 by the local governmental body.  This is highly acceptable, except that it perhaps does not cover the contingency of the successful candidate from a single-member (plurality) constituency from the last election not belonging to one of these parties.  It is assumed that the right for this member to propose candidates to the CEC is not supposed to offset this and is secondary to the right of the NGOs (i.e. will not be exercisable if they propose a sufficient number of candidates).