Deadlines for Election Petitions

Political parties, candidates and/or representatives of the administration in the twin legislative and municipal elections wishing to petition the conduct of the September 30 polls must rush.

For Legislative Election

Section 132 (2) of the Electoral Code provides that, "The Constitutional Council shall rule on all petitions filed by any candidate, any political party which took part in the election or any person serving as a representative of the administration for the election, requesting the total or partial cancellation of election operations."

The Electoral Code in Section 133 (1) states that, "All petitions filed pursuant to the provisions of Section 132 above must reach the Constitutional Council within no more than 72 hours of the close of the poll." This implies that the deadline is today, October 3, 2013.

For Municipal Election

Section 194 (1) of the Electoral Code states that, "Any elector, candidate or person acting in the capacity of a government election officer may petition for the cancellation of elections in the council concerned before the competent administrative court."

Subsection 2 of the same section specifies that, "Disputes shall be a simple petition filed within five days following the proclamation of results by the Council Supervisory Commission."