This handbook will enable you to learn about all the information and legislation necessary to help you successfully perform your duties over the course of the next four years. The sooner you become acquainted with the legal framework, the better you can begin to perform these duties. To a large extent, your performance over the course of your term in office is dependent upon your knowledge of the laws pertaining to local self-government. It is thus important that you understand that local self-government has been given a special position within this country's constitution and laws. Therein, you are charged with an even greater obligation to perform well so as to justify the faith that citizens have entrusted to you.