Derkoski: This Year’s Focus to Especially be on Training EB Members

The State Election Commission (SEC) will have more than 8.5 million euros at its disposal to organise the 12 April elections. SEC President Oliver Derkoski said on Wednesday that the focus this year would especially be on training of election board (EB) members, which would be mandatory. If some member doesn’t attend the training, they will not be compensated. SEC members believe that it’s important for the body to be up to the task from a staff, technical and organisational standpoint. To that end, they explained, the staff structure needs to be strengthened because they’ve been given additional competences as a result of the changes to the Electoral Code.