Joint Opinion on the Draft Election Code of Bulgaria
On 26 November 2013, Ms Maya Manolova, Vice-President of the National Assembly of Bulgaria (hereafter “the National Assembly”) and President of the ad hoc parliamentary Committee in charge of drafting a new Election Code, requested the Venice Commission to prepare an opinion on a draft new Election Code of Bulgaria (hereafter “the draft Code”). The Venice Commission and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) decided to provide a joint legal opinion on the draft Code.
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