In light of the limited safeguards in the judicial appointment system to ensure the independence of judges, as underlined in prior Venice Commission assessments, as well as of the large-scale dismissal of judges that followed the attempted coup in 2016 and the deficiencies in the administration of lottery procedures for selecting civil servants for ballot box committees identified by the ODIHR election observation mission in 2018, the newly established system does not appear to improve the integrity of the election administration, compared to its previous composition. The system’s foreseeability has deteriorated, and potentially makes appointment more susceptible to political pressure and manipulation.