The proposed amendments introduce remuneration from the state election funds for a party representative at a PEC (essentially, the partisan observers) at the same level of compensation for PEC members. This new remuneration for partisan observers is apparently to compensate for the proposed repeal of party-appointed PEC members who are remunerated under the current legislation. The need and appropriateness of remunerating partisan observers with public funds is questionable. Arguably, electoral subjects should either compensate their observers from their own funds or recruit volunteers. At the same time, it should be noted that accredited observers from civil society organisations are not entitled to remuneration from public funds, thereby improperly prioritising partisan observation over non-partisan monitoring of elections. Moreover, the appropriateness of the proposal to pay/forward the remuneration to the political party rather than to the individual party representative is questionable, making it appear that the payment is ostensibly a form of additional state funding for parties.