SEC head Cicakovski steps down from post after public outcry


Aleksandar Cicakovski, President of the State Election Commission (SEC), has tendered resignation terminating his function as head of the electoral body.

The resignation is an act of personal responsibility, Cicakovski tells MIA.

He steps down after it was revealed that members of the SEC had awarded themselves considerable sums as compensation for their activities in the most recent election cycles and following an online public petition demanding that they should all resign.

The term of the current structure of the SEC expires in 2020.

Cicakovski was appointed president of the Election Commission as an expert in 2015 after the signing of the Przino Agreement.

There is no information yet on whether other SEC members have filed resignations, although some of them have confirmed that their resignations have been already prepared.