State Election Commission to spend EUR 2,7m for upcoming referendum


The State Elections Commission intends to spend about MKD 170 million (app. EUR 2,7 million) for the referendum on  Macedonia-Greece agreement, scheduled for 30 September.

‘SEC is obliged to adopt the financial plan and its first draft sets the total sum of the referendum expenditures at MKD 170 million (app. EUR 2,7 million), cutting for 20% the funds approved by the Parliament for the upcoming plebiscite,’  SEC chair Oliver Derkovski told reporters on Tuesday.

Today (SEC) also extended by 10 August the timeline for submitting media promotion price lists for the referendum.