The President of the Supreme Court serves ex officio as President of the SEC. The other core members and the deputies are appointed by the Constitutional Court from among the membership of the Supreme Court and other “distinguished lawyers who must not be members of political parties”.[3] This clearly will contribute to an independence of the SEC according to past experience, but the solution of appointing sitting judges has disadvantages under a long-term view and also tends to disturb the regular work of the judges around election time. However, the resulting independence and professionalism expected of the permanent members clearly has influenced the choice of structure for a new SEC according to the Draft Law.
