National minority electoral list

For the purposes of this Law, the national minority electoral list shall mean the electoral list for which the Republic Electoral Commission has determined that the main goal of its submission is to represent the interests of the national minority, as well as to protect and enhance rights of national minority members, in compliance with the international legal standards.

The Republic Electoral Commission shall establish that the electoral list enjoys the status of a national minority electoral list in terms of this Law, by a special decision issued at the same time when proclaiming it, at the proposal of the submitter of the electoral list which shall be submitted together with the electoral list.

The Republic Electoral Commission may seek opinion of the competent national minority council on whether a certain electoral list may hold the status of a national minority electoral list.

The submitter of the national minority electoral list may only be a political party of a national minority or a coalition composed exclusively of political parties of national minorities.