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According to Elta sources, the president of the Seimas Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen has already found a candidate who will run to become the new president of the CEC. According to sources, the position of head of the CCA changed as of 2017. L. Matjošaitytė, director of the CCA, has been nominated for 54-year-old lawyer Jolanta Petkevičienė. Eltai could not be reached.
J. Petkevičienė 2006-2009 served as Chairman of the Chief Official Ethics Commission (COEC). Until then, she was the head of the COEC Secretariat. J. Petkevičienė also worked in the Department of State Security.
ELTA recalls that L. Matjošaitytė became president of the CEC in 2017. in June. Before that, the president of the CEC was Zenonas Vaigauskas, who led the commission for more than 20 years, starting in 1994.
The Central Electoral Commission shall be formed by the Seimas no less than 140 and no more than 200 days after the ordinary or early elections to the Seimas. The Seimas appoints the President of the CEC by secret ballot on the proposal of the President of Parliament.
The Central Election Commission consists of: two persons with higher university legal education appointed by the chairman of the commission, the Minister of Justice, two persons with higher university legal education appointed by the Lithuanian Bar Association, two persons with higher education appointed by the President, parties that receive seats in the multi-member constituency, nominated individuals with higher college education and experience in electoral and referendum commissions.
