LAW NO. 5/2006 of 28 December
- Members of CNE shall have a six-year term and shall only have a maximum of two terms in office.
- Members of CNE shall take office before the Speaker of the National Parliament within thirty days from the date of their nomination.
- Members of CNE shall keep their functions until the new CNE takes office.
The following shall be the competencies of CNE:
- Supervise the electoral process;
- Ensure the enforcement of constitutional and legal provisions relating to the electoral process;
- Approve the enforcing regulations provided for in the present law and other electoral laws, as well as the codes of conduct for candidates, observers, monitors and media professionals;
- Promote the objective clarification of the citizens about the electoral act through the media;
- Ensure equality of treatment for citizens in all acts of voter registration and electoral operations;
- Ensure equality of opportunities and freedom of propaganda of the candidacies during the electoral campaign;
- Examine and certify party coalitions for electoral purposes;
- Notify the Office of the Public Prosecution about any acts known to it that may amount to electoral offence;
- Prepare and submit to STJ the provisional minutes with the national results so that the final results of the general elections can be validated and proclaimed;
- Perform other functions assigned to it by law.
- The Speaker of the National Parliament shall convene the first meeting of CNE and inaugurate its members.
- In its first meeting, CNE shall elect its chairperson from among its members.
- CNE shall function in plenary, having quorum, with the presence of eight of its members.
- Decisions shall be taken by consensus or, where this is not possible, by deliberation with the favourable vote of at least eight members.
- The director of STAE shall participate in the meetings of CNE without a right to vote.
- A press communiqué shall be issued at the end of each meeting and shall cover the issues discussed and the decisions made.
