The period for members of the 400-strong Chief Executive Election Committee to submit their respective oath-taking declaration forms to the Chief Executive Electoral Affairs Commission (CAECE) started yesterday, with all of them required to submit their forms by 8 p.m. on Saturday.
A total of 344 out of the Chief Executive Election Committee’s 400 members were chosen by secret ballot cast by 5,521 voters on August 11, while the other 56 members were chosen by a variety of other methods earlier this month.
According to the newly amended oath-taking law, which took effect in late May, the Chief Executive Election Committee members are also required to take an oath when taking office. However, the amended law only requires the committee’s members to take their oaths by signing a declaration, unlike all the others such as the chief executive, principal officials, legislators, judges, and prosecutors, who are required to take their oaths of office in person at special ceremonies.
The Chief Executive Election Committee members are required to submit their signed oath-taking declaration forms in person to the electoral affairs counters on the first basement floor of the Public Administration Building on Rua do Campo on or before Saturday this week, between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m.
