Requirement to hold a hearing

ElectionCode Bulgaria 2011. State Gazette No. 9 of 28 of January, 2011

Article 263. Any disputesregarding the legitimacy of the election of National Representatives, of aPresident and Vice President of the Republic and of Members of the EuropeanParliament for the Republic of Bulgaria shall be resolved by the ConstitutionalCourt.

Article264 […] (2) Within 15 days after thedecision declaring the election results is made public by the Central ElectionCommission, the authorities referred to in Article 150 (1) of the Constitutionof the Republic of Bulgaria may approach the Constitutional Court with a reasoned petition to pronounce onthe legitimacy of the elections of National Representatives or the election ofa National Representative or, respectively, of a Member of the EuropeanParliament for the Republic of Bulgaria.

 (3)Any such petition shall be examined under the terms and according to theprocedure established by the ConstitutionalCourt Act and the Regulations on the Organization of the Activities of theConstitutional Court.[…]

Source: http://www.venice.coe.int/webforms/documents/?pdf=CDL-REF(2011)008-e

Constitutional Court Act of the Republic ofBulgaria Promulgated State Gazette No. 67/16.06.1991 Supplemented, SG No.25/16.03.2001, effective 1.09.2000, amended and supplemented, SG No.45/30.04.2002, SG No. 114/30.12.2003, effective 1.01.2004

Article 24 (1) The Constitutional Court shallhold the hearing when at least ? of all members are present […]