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to the Election Committee before an election is monopolized and 1.2 Roles of the people as the owner of the
other possible mistakes caused by the Election Committee itself sovereignty and the election monitoring complied with
may be ignored. the election law:
Moreover, the announcement of the results from the The absolute authority mentioned earlier leads to the lack
election is under the control of the Election Committee to either of the rights and liberty for the people to petition the Supreme
verify or terminate in case of suspicion of electoral misconduct. The Court, limiting the rights and liberty to express their political
authority to make a final decision that should be shared between intentions. The roles of the people in the election monitoring
the Election Committee and the Supreme Court falls to the Election complied with the election law are to make an objection, provide
Committee only. Consequently, the announcement of the results relevant information to the Election Committee, and act as a
from the election in each electoral district may not be made, or witness of the case in the Supreme Court. There are many
the extent of each electoral district may not be clear. questions which need an answer. Will there be the investigation
After an election, the Election Committee will announce in case of the mistakes caused by the Election Committee? If the
the results of the election. If there is an accusation of electoral final decision is made by the Election Committee, is the Election
misconduct or an objection to the results, the Election Committee Committee impartial to the case?
will investigate the case and petition the Supreme Court to make 1.3 Impacts to the status of the representative in
a final judgment and guarantee the rights and liberty of the parties the election case:
involving in the case. Although the Election Committee does not
have the authority to make a final judgment, the Election Committee Impacts to the performance of the representative
still hold an absolute authority in petitioning the Supreme Court. caused by the court procedure include two following aspects.
Without the petition, the case will not be in the consideration of First, the timeline of the procedure in the petition on
the Supreme Court. the confiscation of political rights in the juridical system is not
specified. The Election Committee can make a decision whether it
will petition the Supreme Court. The inconsistency of the timeline
in the procedure affects the status of the representative in the
Parliament. The representative in the case may be dismissed from
