1The member of the ad hoc Commission shall be obliged to recuse himself from the participation in the process of the preliminary verification of the legal conditions, preliminary evaluation of the professional criteria and the ranking of candidates for members of the High Prosecutorial Council, in the following instances:
aif he is his spouse/life partner or his children are debtors or creditors to the candidate or they have represented his interests in the past;
bif disputes exists between him, his spouse/life partner or any of his relatives with the candidate.
2The decision to admit the self-recusal of the member shall be made by the Chairperson of the Commission. Where the conflict of interest or the incompliance affects the Chairperson of the Commission, the decision for admitting the self-recusal shall be admitted by the deputy chairperson.