Scandal envelops Election Commission’s order (6)
I believe the answer is:
direct
'order' is the definition.
(directing is a kind of ordering)
'scandal envelops election commission's' is the wordplay.
'scandal' becomes 'dirt' (synonyms).
'envelops' means one lot of letters goes inside another (I've seen this in other clues).
'election commission' becomes 'ec' (this could be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'dirt' placed around 'ec' is 'DIRECT'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for direct that I've seen before include "Frank; undeviating" , "Supervise; unambiguous" , "Straightforward, frank" , "Outspoken" , "Instruct" .)