State Level Appellate MCMC constituted

Kohima, October 1 (MExN): In view of the announcement of schedule of bye-election to fill casual vacancy in the Nagaland Legislative Assembly from 58- Shamator- Chessore (ST) Assembly Constituency, CEO Nagaland has informed that the State Level Appellate Media Certification and Monitoring Committee (MCMC) has been constituted.

The committee will be led by Chairman V Shashank Shekhar, IAS Chief Electoral Officer; Member Secretary Ruokuovituo Khezhie, Jt. Chief Electoral Officer; and members including  one observer appointed by the ECI, Z Tokishe Sema, Director, Information & Public Relations     K Sonikumar Singh, Assistant Director, PIB Kohima, and Alice Yhoshu, Journalist & President of Kohima Press Club

The State Level Appellate MCMC shall perform two sets of functions: Deciding appeal from both District and Addl. CEO Committees on Certification of advertisement as per the Commission order No.509/75/2004/JS-I Dated 15th April 2004; and examining all cases of Paid News on appeal against the decision of District MCMC or cases taken up suo motu, in which case it shall direct the concerned ROs to issue notices to the candidates.