The Central Electoral Board (JCE) has submitted a request for the Constitutional Court to give its opinion on the conflict of competencies between the JCE and the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) on electoral matters.
The request comes after the TSE overturned a recent decision by the JCE regarding the ranking of political parties as determined by a national election. The JCE says the request does not seek to annul the TSE decision, but to clarify the scope of work, authority and legal mandate of both institutions.
The JCE is questioning the criteria assumed by the TSE in its decision 013/17 of 21 April 2017 that established the criteria for the distribution of taxpayer money and electoral ballot ranking of the political parties.
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MetroRD
29 May 2017
