Art. 323
The district council shall consist of forty-five (45) councilors.
In each of the localities there shall be an administrative board, popularly elected for periods of four (4) years, which shall be composed of no fewer than seven aldermen/alderwomen, in accordance with the determination of the District Council made on the basis of the respective population.
The election of the senior mayor, the district councilors, and the aldermen/alderwomen shall be held on the same day for periods of four (4) years; the mayor may not be reelected for the following term.
When the senior mayor is permanently prevented from discharging the duties of his/her office more than eighteen (18) months before the end of his/her term, a senior mayor shall be elected for the remaining period. In case the end of the term is less than eighteen (18) months away, the President of the Republic shall appoint a senior mayor for the rest of the term, who must belong to the party, political group or coalition for which the elected mayor had been registered.
The local mayors shall be designated by the senior mayor from a list submitted by the competent administrative board.
In the cases restrictively stipulated by an Act, the President of the Republic may suspend or remove the senior mayor from office.
The councilors and aldermen/alderwomen may not form part of the executive boards of the decentralized entities.
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