The total amount of funds required to hold general elections next year is likely to be revealed in the 2014 National Budget next Friday.
Attorney General and Minister for Elections, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has already confirmed that the holding of the elections is expected to cost about $40 million.
The government is also looking at having about 3,000 polling stations around the country and the option is to have one day voting and counting at the polling stations on the same day.
The Papua New Guinea government has already confirmed that it will give about $20 million for the Fiji elections next year.
Other countries are expected to confirm their level of assistance after the needs assessment is finalised.
The post of the Supervisor of Elections has been advertised and
Sayed-Khaiyum said the government is focusing on capacity building at the Elections Office.
Electronic voter registration continues and the Elections Office recently revealed that 536,000 people have already been registered for the polls next year.
Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama has said that the government is preparing in earnest for a return to parliamentary democracy in 2014.
$11 million was allocated to the Elections Office this year to prepare for the 2014 parliamentary elections.
In preparation for the first sitting of Parliament under the new constitution, $1 million was also allocated to refurbish and upgrade the existing parliamentary complex.
Story by: Vijay Narayan
