1Within three days of receiving the list of applicants who meet the formal criteria, the list of applicants who do not meet the formal criteria and the list of International Monitoring Operation recommendations, the Assembly shall approve the establishment and composition of an ad hoc committee with six members consisting of equal representatives from the parliamentary majority and opposition, as well as the parliamentary procedures for the functioning of the committees and the conduct of the voting process according to this Article and Article 9 of this law.

2The Speaker of the Assembly within the day of submission of the lists provided in paragraph 1 of this Article notifies the date and time of the meeting of the plenary session for the establishment and the composition of the ad hoc Committee for the evaluation of candidates. In this notice, the Speaker of the Assembly requires to the parliamentary groups of the parliamentary majority and the minority to submit within the next day of the notice, their proposals for the members composition of this ad hoc committee. The Speaker of the Assembly, within the next day of establishment of the ad hoc committee, forwards to all its members the documents of all candidates.

3The ad hoc committee, after holding the hearings with the candidates decides:

aWith at least four votes of its members to move a candidate from the list of those who do not meet formal criteria to the list of those who do.

bWith at least five votes, to move an applicant from the International Monitoring Operation’s recommendation list to the candidates list for voting.

4The list for voting includes the candidates who meet the formal criteria without those who have not been recommended by the International Monitoring Operation and who have not been approved upon decision of the ad hoc committee according to paragraph 3 of this Article.

5Within ten days of its establishment, the ad hoc committee shall forward the list prepared according to paragraph 4 of this Article, to the ad hoc committees for selection. The other two lists shall not be forwarded for voting.

6The General Secretary of the Assembly takes the necessary measures for establishing the conditions for carrying out the activity of the ad hoc committee for the verification of candidates.

7The ad hoc committee functions based on the provisions of this law and, as far as it is possible, based on the Regulation of the Assembly.