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26. The provisions of the Code on the appointment and composition of election management body would result in a transformation of electoral administration. The “balanced, mixed approach” followed previously would be replaced at all levels with a “neutral, professional” model.[10] In the SEC, the President and four members would be required to have appropriate professional credentials, and will be appointed by Parliament through a process involving both the ruling and opposition parties. In other election management bodies, including the MECs and Electoral boards, the members would be drawn at random from the ranks of civil service and other governmental personnel residing in the area. This will be the case for future elections, except that for the next parliamentary elections two members of the electoral boards will be appointed upon the proposal of the Ruling and Opposition parties, one for each side (Article 193 [3-5]).