Elections

1. Elected organs of sovereignty and of local government shall be chosen by free, direct, secret, personal and regular universal suffrage.

2. Registration of voters shall be compulsory and officially initiated, single and universal, to be up-dated for each election.

3. Electoral campaigns shall be governed in accordance with the following principles:

a) Freedom to canvass;

b) Equality of opportunity and treatment for all candidacies;

c) Impartiality towards candidacies on the part of public bodies;

d) Transparency and supervision of electoral expenses.

4. Conversion of the votes into mandates shall observe the principle of proportional representation;

5. The electoral process shall be regulated by law.

6. Supervision of voters' registration and electoral acts shall be incumbent upon an independent organ, the competences , composition , organization and functioning of which shall be established by law.