Elections Committee say preparations for early elections will continue

The State Committee on Elections has decided that preparations for the original October date will continue. Speaking to reporters, the committee’s chairman, Interior Minister Martin Pecina, noted that the court had not reversed the act on the dissolution of Parliament and early elections, and said that suspending preparations could lead to delays should the original dates of October 9 and 10 be finalised. The Committee on Elections will decide on its next steps after the Constitutional Court completes its current review of the situation next Thursday. Mr Pecina also said that state and local election authorities have so far spent upwards of 122 million crowns on election preparations.