Measures need to be taken to guarantee and establish mandated mechanisms for interagency collaboration and involvement of relevant experts. Moreover, public consultations – within certain limits as some security information will be sensitive – would play a key role in ensuring effective decisions that enjoy public confidence. These types of good practice provisions have not been adequately introduced in the proposed amendments. Such a collaborative and inclusive process, coupled with transparent decision-making (comprehensive and clear reasoning for the decision provided in written form that systematically addresses each of the established assessment criteria), would also serve to bolster public trust in the electoral process and guard the decision-making body/bodies against accusations of politicisation.