More people should work for them Parliamentary elections this Sunday, although it is an easier process compared to 2019.

Triple elections were held in May 2019, parliamentary (in July), self-government (municipal and regional) and European elections, as well as a decision on who should be involved in the preparation and conduct of elections. determined the figure, which reached 1184 people. A similar decision, issued yesterday, provides that 1,622 people will work overtime..

Also, according to the 2019 decision, in each decentralized administration (there are seven administratively in total), the maximum number of employees did not exceed 22, while the corresponding number in the 2023 decision increases the maximum number of employees per decentralized administration to 40.

In terms of municipal employees to be hired, the number is slightly increased to 31,242 by increasing the number of municipal employees in Athens from 1,336 in 2019 to 1,464 in 2023 and in Thessaloniki from 658 in 2019 to 717 people in 2023.

It is predicted that 1,622 people will be hired overtime – the corresponding number in 2019 was 1,184 people.

Among those who will work on the conduct of the elections in the decision made public yesterday, in addition to 2019, employees of the Ministry of Administrative Reconstruction, a total of 333 people, employees of the Ministry of Macedonia – Thrace, 105 people, and employees of the political departments of the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, Deputy Minister of General and special secretaries, a total of 90 people. Also employees of the National Center for Public Administration.

The decision for those who will work in the elections, in which case they will be paid extra, does not mention either the total cost of fees or the money that workers will receive by sector, however, According to reportsm., expected to be higher than in 2019.

It is worth emphasizing that there are discrepancies in wages, since, for example, in 2019, a special pre-election compensation of 1,800 euros was provided for employees of the Ministry of the Interior, while for employees of decentralized administrations – 310 euros, and for municipal employees – 130 euros. .

Ministry of the Interior With regard to increasing the number of those who would participate in the electoral brigades, he emphasized that the decision mentioned the maximum number of staff that could work, but that did not mean that everyone would eventually participate.

Regarding the unification of the Ministry of Administrative Reconstruction employees, ministry sources say the law has been put into effect as the two interior ministries and the administrative reconstruction ministries are now merged.