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The freedom of political expression has to be provided for not only in the vote for the general national representation, but also when the elections for the reserved seats are at stake. It could be particularly helpful if more than one political party representative of a minority were allowed to run in the election for the reserved seat. However it would be better to assign the seat, which is reserved for the minority, in the framework of general elections, to the person belonging to the minority, who, as a candidate, obtained a proportionally larger support in a national political party than other candidates, who also belong to the minority, of other national political parties.