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NORTH MACEDONIA – Legal assistance to PACE election observation mission - presidential election (1st round) 21 April 2019

19/04/2019 - 22/04/2019

Skopje - A delegation of the Venice Commission will accompany the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) election observation delegation to advise on the legal framework of the 1st round of the presidential election held on 21 April 2019 in North Macedonia.

The delegation will observe the opening, voting and counting processes of the 1st round of the elections.

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