53. The legitimate aim pursued in both cases (Lindsay, and Polacco and Garafalo), generally stated was the protection of a minority. In both cases, the Commission argued that “any electoral system must be assessed in the light of the political evolution of the country concerned; features that would be unacceptable in the context of one system may accordingly be justified in the context of another, at least so long as the chosen system provides for conditions which will ensure the free expression of the opinion of the people in the choice of the legislature”.
