Who may file a complaint?

North Macedonia, Republic of

North Macedonia, Republic of

Answer
  • Candidate/ Party Representative
  • Political Party
  • Authorized representative of Group of voters, coalitions
Source

Article 60(1) Registered political parties individually, coalitions, as well as agroup of voters (hereinafter: 'list submitter') have the right tosubmit a list of candidate/s for MPs, Member of Council and Mayor.

Article 67. 4)  Shouldthe State i.e. Municipal Election Commission i.e. Election Commission of theCity of Skopje determine that the lists have not been submitted timely, i.e.the irregularities and the omissions have not been eliminated by the listsubmitters within the deadline set in paragraph 2 of this article, thesubmitted lists shall be rejected with a decision within 24 hours from thereceipt of the lists.

(5)  Againstthe decision of the Municipal Election Commission i.e. Election Commission ofthe City of Skopje stipulated in paragraph 4 of this article, lawsuit may besubmitted to the Administrative Court, within 24 hours upon the receipt of thedecision.

(6)  Againstthe decision of the State Election Commission from paragraph 4 of this article,a lawsuit may be submitted to the Administrative Court through the StateElection Commission within 24 hours upon receipt of the decision.

OSCE Unofficial Translation of the Electoral Codeof the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia as of 13 November 2012, publishedin the Official Gazette 40/2006 Amendments published in the Official Gazette136/2008, 44/2011 and 51/2011Corrigenda published in the Official Gazette148/2008, 155/2008, 163/2008 and 142/2012(Consolidated version) http://www.venice.coe.int/webforms/documents/?pdf=CDL-REF%282013%29013-e

Comment
It is not explicitly stated,yet, the submitters of lists of candidates are those who can file a complaintagainst the decision of the State Election Commission
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