(1) The Secretary of the Regional Election Commission and his deputy shall be law graduates, appointed for a period of 5 years.
(2) The Secretary is not a member of the Regional Election Commission and shall not have the right to vote.
(3) For the performance of the administrative and professional oriented matters, the Regional Election Commission shall form a Secretariat from among the civil servants employed in the local departments of the organs of state administration.
(4) The Secretariat shall be run by the Secretary of the Regional Election Commission.