Practical and legal doubts regarding the second round of presidential elections should be specified by law, said the Center for Democratic Transition (CDT), which prepared 35 recommendations for electoral reform.
The non-governmental organization announced that in Montenegro this year, the election of the president was decided in the second round of elections, the first time since the restoration of independence and only the third since the introduction of multi-party systems.
"The law on the election of the President of Montenegro, adopted in 2007, was applied for the first time for the second round of elections, while insufficient regulation of the second round was observed, which was treated through only three short articles of the law," said the CDT.
During the election process, as they said, numerous practical and legal doubts appeared.
"They related to the deadlines for election actions, the impact of objections and appeals on the announcement of the results of the first round and the holding of the second round, the composition of the election enforcement body and the rights of authorized representatives in the second round, the possibility of accrediting observers," the statement said.
žThe CDT said that the State Election Commission successfully resolved those ambiguities and created legal practice through conclusions and instructions.
"Those solutions within the upcoming electoral reform should be used and incorporated into the electoral legislation, with the aim of completing the legal framework for the second round of elections," the statement said.
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