President Danny Faure has today met with the Chairperson and Members of the Electoral Commission, at which he was presented with the recommendations of the Commission for Electoral Reform as mandated by the 6th Amendment of the Constitution. The Reforms will set the framework to govern future elections in the Republic.
The President informed the Commission that the Report will be considered at the next meeting of the Cabinet on 31 January 2018, after which it will be forwarded to the Office of the Attorney General for the drafting of a Bill.
The President also received today the resignation of the Chair of the Electoral Commission, Mr Hendricks Gappy, pursuant to Article 115C (2) of the Constitution.
President Faure thanked Mr Gappy for his 40 years of service to the public sector, of which 19 years have been as Head of the Electoral Commission.