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Article 22
 

Central Electoral Commission General Duties


(1) As a specialised body in the election area, the Central Electoral Commission shall:


a) study the procedure of organising and holding elections aimed to improve the election legislation and procedures;


b) submit proposals to Government and Parliament concerning the appropriateness of operating amendments to election legislation;


c) develop regulations and guidelines to improve the election procedures;


d) ensure compilation and verification of voters’ lists by co-operating to this end with central and local public authorities, with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, and with diplomatic missions and consular offices;


e) keep and manage the Registry of Election Officials who may be appointed to District Electoral Councils and Precinct Electoral Bureaus, including those established abroad;


f) establish District Electoral Councils and Precinct Electoral Bureaus when holding partial elections for local councils or for the position of Mayor;


g) co-operate during the organisation and conduct of elections with:


- the Public Service Agency to keep track on voters, including those located abroad, pursuant to the State Registry of Voters, developed on the basis of the State Registry of Population;


- the local public authorities in terms of selecting qualified staff involved in the activity of electoral bodies, providing the polling stations with voting booths, ballot boxes, computers and other appropriate technical means and resources;


- the Ministry of Internal Affairs in carrying out wardenship duties for polling stations and ensuring security of election documents;


- State owned enterprises and institutions during the contracting of services such as printing the ballot papers and supplying the equipment;


- Media and public associations in conducting voters’ civic education activities and raising public awareness on the unrolled election process;


- the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, diplomatic missions and consular offices, in establishing polling stations for citizens living abroad;


h) analyse the structure of constituencies from the perspective of country administrative and territorial units;


i) implement civic education programmes;


j) develop programmes on increasing voters’ awareness during the electoral period;


k) provide the Media with information on holding elections and on the management practice used to this end;


l) submit annual reports to the Parliament and, upon request, to the Moldovan President and Government;


m) offer for debates election-related information to Media and to general public;


n) establish contacts with political parties, with other socio-political and non-government organisations entitled to nominate candidates for public positions, facilitating their full participation in the election process;


o) advise public associations interested in conducting civic education campaigns, during elections;


p) upon the request of political parties or of other socio-political organisations, organise training courses and seminars for the individuals selected to participate in the electoral process as members of District Electoral Councils or of Precinct Electoral Bureaus as representatives of political parties, other socio political organisations, electoral blocs in the electoral bodies or of potential candidates as members of electoral councils apparatus, and as members of initiative groups;


q) analyse election fraud, including allegations of fraud, from the past, current or future elections and take preventive anti-fraud measures; notify the public authorities on the need to address some issues in compliance with the election legislation;


r) organise preliminary consultations with political parties, with other socio-political organisations, electoral blocs and Media representatives and ensure the signing by them of the Code of Conduct prior to the launch of electoral campaigns;


s) keep the State Registry of Voters and exercise control on its update;


t) initiate the validation procedure of member of Parliament mandate in case a seat becomes vacant, as per the procedure set forth by the present Code, and ensure, as appropriate, holding partial elections for a seat in Parliament under the present Code;


u) cancel the local councillor’s mandate if incompatibility is found or if the councillor resigns (upon a written request) as per the Rules of Procedure on raising and validating the councillors’ mandates approved by the Central Electoral Commission decision;


v) declare vacant the mandate of a deceased councillor as per the Rules of Procedure on raising and validating the councillors’ mandates approved by the Central Electoral Commission decision.


(2) As an independent body for monitoring and controlling the financing of political parties and of electoral campaigns, the Central Electoral Commission shall:


a) develop and pass the regulatory acts required for implementing and observing the legislation on financing of political parties and of electoral campaigns;


b) develop guidelines (forms, guides, methodological rules) to support the financial activity and training of political parties and of electoral competitors in terms of their rights, duties and responsibilities in the  finance management process;


c) collect and systematise annual financial statements of political parties, reports on political parties’ audits and reports on electoral campaign financing submitted by electoral competitors;


d) ensure the publication of information and annual financial statements of political parties on its official page, as well as of reports on electoral campaign financing;


e) review the complaints and appeals regarding any infringement of the legislation on financing of political parties and of electoral campaigns;


f) ascertain offences and prepare Protocols on offences due to the failure to timely submit financial statements or their non-compliant submission by political parties, by other socio-political organisations or electoral competitors;


g) impose or require imposing sanctions referred to in the present Code and Law No.294-XVI of 21 December 2007 on Political Parties, for offending the legislation on financing of political parties and of electoral campaigns, notify the competent bodies about the infringements subject to administrative, criminal liability or on infringing the tax legislation;


h) co-operate and provide information assistance for carrying out independent studies on monitoring the financing of political parties and of electoral campaigns;


i) study and monitor the enforcement of legislation on financing of political parties and of electoral campaigns, submit proposals to Parliament and Government amending the legal framework on financing of political parties and of electoral campaigns;


j) have the right to access the information held by public authorities of all levels and state registries, including access to personal data, having complied with the legislation on protection of personal data;


k) perform other supervision and control duties on complying with the legislation on financing of political parties and of electoral campaigns in line with the provisions of this Code and of Law No.294-XVI of 21 December 2007 on Political Parties.