the government has rejected the sámi parliament for its elections, the outcome made adjustment requirements. The sámi parliament informed the Thursday (switch to another service).
the Fall of the sámi parliament for its elections in the four adjustment requirements. The adjustment requirements were required to the results of the elections annulled and new elections.
the sámi parliament for its elections were mainly postal voting system 2.-30.9. and the election result was confirmed by 2.10. Elections are held every four years.
Now the selected members for the year 2020-2023 start so, most of these operations in the constituent assembly in the early years of 2020, as originally intended.
corrigendum to the requirements for relying on the electoral register and the postal vote of the confusion
the Finnish sámi parliament act (you move to another service), the person entitled to vote can make the election for the sámi Parliament to the government for rectification, if you look, that either the election committee decision, the election results of the confirmation or election of the submission related to other measures has been against the law.
If the outcome of the election decision or other action has been unlawful and this has affected the outcome of the elections, the outcome of the election is to be adjusted. If the election result is not correct, the election is due to be renewed.
the adjustment requirements were highlighted, inter alia postal votes produced by the vicissitudes and the vote unequal in different sides of Finland. Correction requirements also invoked the supreme administrative court election decisions made by the election list of terms.
the government according to the three rectification does not, however, presented the election results of the corrected or new elections of the sámi parliament act, the required criteria.
One of the appeal with regard to the sámi Parliament, the government decided not to rectify the election results, the elections of the transmission is not detected in electoral activity due to illegality.
the Government notes, however, that as a whole, estimates of the saami self-determination was not realized in the context of elections.
– Although the rectification of the factors are shown in the results of the elections confirmed the general illegality and incorrect on the electoral impact of the election results, they have not been able to present direct evidence about how the illegality of the election list has affected just them, the sámi Parliament, the government will justify.
the government’s decision can still be appealed to the supreme administrative court.
sámi Parliament and the supreme administrative COURT’s torque electoral list of the members of the shadow also saw the election
the sámi Parliament electoral register approval caused confusion also in this set of elections.
the sámi Parliament electoral register belonging to the person you can and vote, that stand for the sámi parliament for its elections. The electoral list of events of the Finnish sámi parliament act, included in the sámi definition of basis.
on the electoral list, decide on the sámi Parliament electoral commission. The electoral list applicant, a person may, however, appeal the election board decision of the sámi parliament, the government, and its decision still remains the supreme administrative court. About 200 people picked to the supreme administrative court of the sami Parliament the government’s decision not to accept their autumn sámi parliament for its elections election list.
the Supreme administrative court has not told all of the autumn solutions content, but has released parts of its decisions in public in book decisions. For example, in September, published in a book by its decision (switch to another service) the supreme administrative COURT overturned the government’s decision and ordered the appellant to add to the autumn elections, the electoral roll and entitled to vote.
Also in October, published in a book by its decision (switch to another service) the supreme administrative COURT overturned the government’s decision not to take the person to the electoral roll and returned the case to the sámi Parliament to the government for reconsideration.
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SAC this sort of decision has received criticism, as well as sámi self-government body of the sámi Parliament that the law scholars.
Also the UN human rights committee has criticised Finland’s sámi rights violations in such cases. According to the Finnish supreme administrative court has in previous cases acted wrong in accepting the sámi Parliament election the list of persons with the sámi Parliament itself does not have sámi as. The human rights committee statement in February, the Finnish state was obliged to ensure that similar violations repeated in 2019 elections.
While the election remains currently unaffected, told Parliament the outgoing president of Tiina Reindeerfarm-Aikio he was still very worried about sami self-determination and justice in Finland.
– the sámi parliament for its elections on departure was known in advance that the situation is very confusing. The sámi parliament, the government is still very concerned about the saami fundamental sovereignty of the implementation of the sámi concerning internal matters, said upper lapland-Aikio Thursday bulletin.
the Last time the sámi Parliament to organize new elections, but the supreme administrative COURT decided otherwise
the last of the sámi parliament for its elections in the autumn of 2015 to do the five adjustment criteria.
All complaints regarding the 93 people, of which the supreme administrative court approved the sámi Parliament electoral register, i.e. eligible to stand for election and vote in the elections, the sámi Parliament against the will.
At the time of the sámi parliament board approved the complaints and decided to organize new elections. The supreme administrative court, however, decided that new elections will not be held.
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