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The
majority
,
rightly
in
my
opinion
,
dismissed
several
complaints
as
incompatible
ratione
materiae
with
the
Convention
and
its
Protocols
.
In
particular
,
they
applied
the
well
-
known
case
-
law
deriving
from
Pierre
-
Bloch
v.
France
(
21
October
1997
,
Reports
of
Judgments
and
Decisions
1997
-
VI
)
in
declaring
Article
6
§
1
inapplicable
to
Constitutional
Court
proceedings
;
and
they
held
that
Article
3
of
Protocol
No
.
1
,
concerning
the
right
to
free
elections
–
which
the
case
-
law
of
the
European
Commission
and
Court
of
Human
Rights
has
extended
to
the
right
to
vote
and
to
stand
in
elections
(
as
,
indeed
,
seems
to
follow
from
the
State
's
obligation
to
ensure
“
the
free
expression
of
the
opinion
of
the
people
in
the
choice
of
the
legislature
”
)
–
applies
only
to
the
election
of
the
“
legislature
”
:
accordingly
,
it
does
not
apply
to
the
President
's
removal
from
office
,
or
to
eligibility
to
stand
for
election
as
President
(
or
indeed
to
referendums
,
an
issue
not
arising
here
)
.
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