Political parties that filed some 40 petitions to the Supreme Court acting as the Constitutional Council complaining of the rejection of their lists for the September 30, 2013 legislative election, are anxiously waiting for the ruling on the petitions.
Section 129 of the Electoral Code states that, "Objections or petitions relating to the rejection or acceptance of candidates, as well as those relating to the colour, initials or emblem adopted by a candidate may be brought before the Constitutional Council by any candidate or political party taking part in the election or any person serving as a government representative in the said election, within a maximum period of two days following the publication of the list of candidates." The parties in respect of the Electoral Code finished filing the petitions on Saturday, August 3, 2013.
Section 131 of the Electoral Code giving details on the ruling on the petitions states that, "In case of objections or petitions relating to the rejection or acceptance of candidacies as well as those relating to the colour, initials or emblem chosen by a candidate, the Constitutional Council before which the matter is brought, shall rule within no more than 10 days of the filing of the petitions." This means that the Constitutional Council has to finish ruling on the petitions by August 13, 2013.
