ON THE ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONING OFTHE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA | 8577
Article 7-d: Election of the Chairperson of the Constitutional Court
The Chairperson of the Constitutional Court shall be elected upon secret voting, by the majority vote of all judges of the Constitutional Court, for a period of three years, with the right to only one re-election.
The hearing for the election of the Chairperson shall be presided over by the most senior judge in office. Where more than one candidate is running and during the voting none of them took the foreseen number of votes, a new voting occurs and, following this, voting shall occur among the candidates having obtained the highest number of votes. Upon the completion of this voting, the candidate having obtained the majority of the votes shall be announced elected. Where none of the candidates obtains the majority of votes or the votes are divided equally, the chairperson shall be chosen by lot. The procedure for drawing the lot shall be provided for by decision of the Meeting of Judges.
The elected Chairperson shall notify the President of the Republic and the Speaker ofParliament.
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