45. The Code does not contain detailed provisions related to the inauguration or conditions of service on election management bodies. Professional appointees to the SEC and MECs would receive five-year terms. In the case of the SEC, the terms of existing appointees would be “suspended” (see above), but it is not clear whether existing MECs would continue or a new composition would be appointed under the provisions of the new Code. In either case, the entire professional membership of the various commissions could potentially change over all at once, possibly shortly before an election.
