When does the election to replace an individual who has been recalled take place?
Ethiopia
Determinationof the Procedure for Expression by the Electorate of the Loss of Mandate ofDeputies, National Electoral Board Regulations No. 2/1999
(Enactedin 1999)
Article5. Where the Board:
(b)decides that a Deputy against whom a request for recall is made has lost themandate of the respective electorate on the ground that from the reportsubmitted the required number of petitioners for recall, is found to have beenmet, the Secretariat of the Board shall prepare, and submit to the Board, atime-table for election execution and officially declare same on the mass mediaupon its approval by the Board; with a view to conducting a by-election withinthe respective constituency for replacement of the recalled Deputy thereof;provided that the by-election shall be held within not more than three (3)months from the date the Board had officially decided that a Deputy has lostthe mandate of the respective electorate.
