So should this amendment go forth, and the Chief Electoral Officer has the authority to appoint returning officers, which he wants the authority to appoint for a term of ten years, there would be no outside or independent scrutiny of the process the Chief Electoral Officer puts into place to actually recruit officers, or of the selection process put into place to actually deem the applicants qualified or not qualified, or of the ranking they receive. So there's nothing in this amendment that would provide for that kind of external, independent oversight.
On June 13th, 2006. See this statement in context.