Competencies of the Commissioner

(amended by Law No. 101/2020, dated 23 July 2020)

1. The Commissioner shall have the following competencies: 

a) manage the institution and represent it in its relations with third parties;

b) manage and supervise, directly or through the CEC administration, the activity of the election administration during elections and referenda;

c) engage the Regulator and the CSC whenever matters under their legal remit emerge; prepare Regular and CSC meetings and hearings, and oversee the transcription and publication of legal acts. The Commissioner may not decide on matters that are under the remit of the Regulator or of the CSC;

ç) appoint and dismiss CEAZ members;

d) conclude, on behalf of the CEC, agreements and contracts with third parties and monitor or check on their implementation;

dh) ensure that this law is implemented fairly, strictly, accurately, and uniformly by all institutions, entities, or persons tasked with duties and obligations, in accordance with the law;

e) organise and administer the electoral processes of public institutions and bodies, when entrusted this duty by the law;

ë) monitor, through the CEC administration or contracted entities, the election campaign, all aspects related to the funding of the electoral campaign, as well as the media coverage of the campaign;

f) monitor, through the CEC administration or contracted entities, the conduct of public institutions during the campaign and the use of public resources;

g) attend to voter education, information and awareness-raising;

gj) manage the training and qualification process for the election administration, training of financial officers of electoral subjects, training of financial monitors and auditors, as well as training of NGO representatives who observe and monitor campaign funding aspects;

h) inform the public on CEC activities, decision-making, campaign, voting process, and election result;

i) approve the allocation of mandates in the elections for the Assembly and local councils, and distribute the mandate to each deputy and to mayor whose territory is divided into more than one EAZ;

j) produce and publish statistical data on elections over the years, statistical data on gender ratios in elections, administer such data during elections and for elected bodies, as well as data on lists of candidates for the Assembly and local government bodies;

k) manage the CEC budget in accordance with applicable rules;

l) prepare the draft annual budget and the election budget, in accordance with the applicable law, and determine the budget expenditure structure subsequent to approval of such budget by law.

ll) report to the Assembly on the activity of the institution, as well as provide recommendations on the improvement of the election-related legislation;

m) prepare and submit the CEC structure and staff structure, both full time and part time, for approval of the Assembly;

n) on behalf of CEC, exercise competencies assigned through special laws, as well as and other competence this law does not explicitly vest the Regulator or the CSC.

2. The fundamental administrative acts of the Commissioner in discharging their duty shall be decisions, orders and instructions.