Through the new formula, the Code provides for a politically inclusive composition, with 5 out of 9 members appointed by the opposition parties. If implemented in good faith by all political forces, this formula can address the shortcomings observed in the last parliamentary elections, namely a lack of transparency, and a strongly dominating position guaranteed to the ruling party. The concern many stakeholders had expressed about lack of confidence in the impartiality of the CEC may now have been addressed.[12]
