Timetable for the conduct Sample Clauses
Timetable for the conduct of the electoral process
1. The elections to the Assembly of the Republic and the post of President of the Republic shall be held simultaneously and shall take place one year after the date of signature of the General Peace Agreement, as provided for in Protocol III.
2. Further to the provisions set forth in Protocol III, the Parties also agree as follows:
a. By E-Day + 60, the Government shall establish the National Elections Commission provided for in Protocol III;
b. Immediately following the signature of the General Peace Agreement, the Government, for purposes of the provisions of Protocol III, shall request technical and material support from the United Nations and OAU;
c. The Government shall draft the Electoral Act in consultation with RENAMO and the other parties within at most two months from the adoption by the Assembly of the Republic of the legal instruments incorporating the Protocols and guarantees, as well as the General Peace Agreement, into Mozambican law. The approval and publication of the Electoral Act shall take place within at most one month following the completion of its drafting;
d. Within 60 days following the signature of the General Peace Agreement, the Government and RENAMO shall agree on the observers to be invited for the electoral process. The Government shall draw up the corresponding invitations;
e. The election campaign shall begin 45 days before the date of the elections;
f. By the date of commencement of the election campaign, all parties taking part must have been registered and have submitted their lists of candidates as well as their respective symbols;
g. By the date of commencement of the election campaign, the candidates for the Presidency of the Republic must have submitted their candidacies in conformity with the legally prescribed requirements;
h. The election campaign shall conclude 48 hours before the start of voting;
i. The elected Assembly of the Republic shall take office 15 days after the publication of the lists giving the results of the election. The lists giving the results of the election shall be published not more than eight days after the closure of voting;
j. The investiture of the elected President of the Republic shall take place one week after the elected Assembly of the Republic has taken office.
