aptitude of the person with mental illness, guaranteeing the right of the person with mental illness to choose occupations; giving more substance to the rights of patients admitted to mental health medical institutions and specifying the process for notifications for them; and specifying the number of guardians to two persons in consent requirement clauses when requesting a review for continuous hospital admission treatment. The Ministry of Health and Welfare incorporated three opinions out of eight in the full amendment bill and announced the notice of the legislation. 26) Opinion on Improving Discrimination Concerning Assistance of Candidates with Disabilities for Local Elections At the nationwide local elections held on June 2, 2010, there was discrimination against candidates with disabilities needing personal assistants for local councilor election campaign. Although candidates with disabilities hired personal assistants for election campaigns in accordance with Article 122(2).3 of the Public Official Election Act, there were neither allowances nor actual expenses provided for the assistants, thus generating discrimination against the candidates with disabilities. The Commission concluded that the political rights of the candidates with disabilities were violated by the clause and expressed its opinion accordingly to the Speaker of the National Assembly and the Chairperson of the National Election Commission that Article 122(2)3 of the Public Official Election Act should be revised to allow candidates with disabilities to exert their right to eligibility for election to the same level as other candidates in election campaigns. 27) Opinion on Revising the Public Official Election Act to Improve the Political Rights of Persons with Visual Impairment Monitoring of the right of persons with disabilities to vote was carried out in the nationwide local elections held on June 2 as part of a project to monitor the Chapter 1. Improvement of Laws, Regulations, Policies and Practices 49