DILI, 17 february 2023 (TATOLI) – The National Election Commission (NEC) has said that recruitment of election officials is underway.
More than 2000 youths would be recruited from different municipalities of the country, who would carry out the work of conducting and supervising elections.
CNE Secretary, Commissioner Odete Maria Belo, revealed that next monday all candidates will sit for the written test.
“After that, the CNE will publish the names of the candidates who passed the interview test,” she said.
Belo said the selected candidates will be deployed to all polling centers across the country, “For Dili, we will only need about 260 election officials.”
Belo said that the electoral officers will be assigned responsibilities for organizing the voting process, counting the ballot papers, sealing the ballot boxes, preparing the minutes, etc.
Journalist: Filomeno Martins
Editor: Nelia Borges