In view of the potential for conflict around municipal elections, and the fact that current electoral law facilitates the election of mayors and the formation of governing majorities without the support of a majority of voters (such would be the case in one out of every four municipal councils), it seems advisable to open the public debate on the convenience of maintaining or changing the current formula of representation at municipal elections. The current formula allows for a party list obtaining a plurality to get the mayor and an absolute majority in the council. In a highly fragmented party system with stronger local than national bases, this formula discourages pre-electoral coalitions and post-electoral negotiation for governance; therefore encouraging the opposition to play municipal politics “from the street” rather than within the council. The current formula may have originally been designed to facilitate governance through easy formation of governing majorities, but as time passed the actual outcome may be working against the original purpose of the law. In connection with this issue, the EOM has elaborated relevant statistics based on the electoral results, which may be handed out to the TSE.