Budget reductions will negatively impact elections: EC

The Election Commission (EC), on Saturday, noted that any budgetary reductions to the current proposed amount could result in negative impacts to the upcoming Local Council Elections (LCE).

During a meeting tabled by the Parliament's Budget Committee, EC revealed that there was confusion between the two budgets allocated for election purposes, which includes the MVR 25 million proposed for EC's administrative needs and an additional MVR 71 million to host elections.