The Chief Returning Officer announced that the objection period for the candidates for the upcoming European Parliament elections has ended today and that there were no objections submitted against the candidacies.

He adds that all the candidacies submitted yesterday have been finalized and will be included in the ballot for the June 9th elections.

Moreover, he notes that the Government Printing Office is began the preparation of a draft ballot, which will be presented today to the representatives of the combinations and individual candidates for any comments. Once the ballot is finalised, the Government Printing Office will be instructed to start printing it immediately, he concludes.