45.1. The following responsibilities correspond to the President of the General Council:

a) To guarantee the unity and cohesion of the activities of the bodies of the Institute;

b) To establish links between the Institute and the federal, state and local authorities in order for them to collaborate with the Institute, in their respective fields of competence, for the fulfillment of its purposes;

c) To summon and organize the sessions of the General Council;

d) To oversee the compliance with the agreements adopted by the General Council;

e) To propose to the General Council the appointment of the Executive Secretary, the Executive Directors and other heads of the technical units of the Institute;

f) To appoint, from among the members of the General Executive Board, the member who will try, in the terms of the law on the matter, the challenge filed against the acts or decisions of the Executive Secretary;

g) To receive from the Comptroller General the reports of the reviews and audits performed to verify the correct and legal use of the resources and properties of the Institute, as well as to inform the General Council about them;

h) To annually propose the preliminary draft budget of the Institute to the General Council for its approval;

i) To send the draft budget of the Institute approved by the General Council to the head of the Executive Branch, in the terms of the law on the matter;

j) To receive the application for registration of candidates for the Presidency of the Republic and of candidates for senators and representatives by the principle of proportional representation from the national political parties and to submit them to the General Council for their registration;

k) To preside over the General Executive Board and to inform the General Council about the work of the Board;

l) With the approval of the General Council, to order national surveys to be carried out based on the scrutiny and count certificates of the polling stations in order to have information about the tendencies of the results on the Election Day. The results of these studies should be distributed by the President Councilor, with the previous approval of the General Council, twenty-two hours after the Election Day;

m) To make the electoral statistics public, by section, municipality, district, state and multi-member regional district, once the electoral process has been completed;

n) To agree with the responsible authorities on the information and documents that the Executive Directorate of the Federal Register of Voters should provide for the local electoral process;

ñ) To submit to the General Council the proposals for the creation of new directorates or technical units for the best possible functioning of the Institute;

o) To request, where necessary, the publication in the Official Gazette of the Federation of the agreements and decisions issued by the General Council, and

p) The other responsibilities given in this Law.