SECTION 131

(1) In case of objections or petitions relating to the rejection or acceptance of candidacies as well as those relating to the colour, initials or emblem chosen by a candidate, the Constitutional Council, before which the matter is brought, shall rule within no more than10 (ten) days of the filing of the petition. (2) In case of a petition relating to the colour, initials or emblem adopted by a candidate, the Constitutional Council shall assign by priority to each candidate their habitual colours, initials or emblem by order of seniority of the political party which put forward the candidate and, as concerns the other cases, according to the date of submission of the candidacy papers, as evidenced by the submission receipt. (3) Any decision following a petition against the rejection or acceptance of a candidacy, as well as that relating to the colour, initials and/ or emblem shall be notified forthwith to the Electoral Board and to the political parties concerned.