On Compliance of Section 15(1) of Law On Election of the Republic City Council and Municipality Council, Insofar it Does Not Allow Associations of Electors to Submit Lists of Candidates in Municipalities Where the Number of Residents Exceeds 5,000 and in Cities, with Article 91 and Article 101 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia
Years
2014
Stages of the proceedings
Adjudicated
Outcome of the proceedings
Judgement
Type of the proceedings
Court sitting with the participation of the participants of the case
Applicant
Person
Applicant: Rihards Pētersons, Jana Simanovska, Uldis Kronblūms un Kārlis Vilciņš
Date of the judgment: 05.02.2015.
Official publication: 06.02.2015.

On Compliance of Section 15(1) of Law On Election of the Republic City Council and Municipality Council, Insofar it Does Not Allow Associations of Electors to Submit Lists of Candidates in Municipalities Where the Number of Residents Exceeds 5,000 and in Cities, with Article 91 and Article 101 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia

Case short name: The Candidates of Associations of Electors at the Local Government Election

Constitutional Court held to recognise Section 15 (1) of the Law on Elections of the Republic City Council and Municipality Council, insofar it does not allow associations of electors to submit lists of candidates in municipalities where the number of resident exceeds 5 000 and cities, as being compatible with the first sentence of Article 91 and the first sentence of Article 101 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia.


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