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Article 67
 

Composition of MECs and Qualifications of the Members


67.1 Municipal Election Commission (MEC) shall generally have seven (7) members; this number may increase if number of Political Entities qualified as part of Committee is bigger. 


Each Municipal Election Commission shall be composed of:


(a) a MEC Executive Officer (MEO) employed by the CEC and that shall be the Chair of the MEC; and


(b) one member appointed by Political Entities that have passed election threshold in national elections, it they are subject of election threshold;


67.2 Members of an MEC shall be eligible to vote in the municipality and be persons with high professional and ethical standing with administrative or electoral experience and knowledge sufficient to efficiently perform the work of the MEC.


67.3 The CEC shall endeavor to ensure that all ethnic communities with significant numbers in respective municipalities are fairly represented in the membership of MECs.


67.4 The CEC shall appoint the MEC within 15 days of the announcement of the election. Appointment shall terminate 15 days after the certification of the elections results, unless the term of MECs is terminated prior to the completion or extended.


67.5 No person may be appointed to serve as a member of a MEC, or may continue to serve once appointed, if he or she:


(a) is seeking or holds elected public office;


(b) holds appointed public office;


(c) is not eligible to stand as a candidate in elections;


(d) holds any office or appointed position within or on behalf of a certified Political Entity;


(e) has been declared mentally incompetent by a final court decision; or


(f) has been previously terminated as an MEC member by the CEC; or 


(g) has been prohibited from serving as a member of an MEC by the ECAC.


67.6 No person may serve as a member of more than one MEC at the same time.


67.7 A member of a Municipal Administration appointed to serve as a Municipal Election Commission member shall, with respect to his or her duties as a Municipal Election Commission member, serve under the authority of the CEC and the MEC Executive Officer during the period of his or her appointment.


67.8 Appointment of an MEC member is subject to the signing of the MEC Code of Conduct as adopted by the CEC before commencing their work.


67.9 Notwithstanding the preceding paragraphs of this article, if so required, the CEC shall have the authority to appoint at its sole discretion MEC members that do not meet the requirements of this article.