The general duties of the Central Electoral Commission

As a specialized body in electoral matters, the Central Electoral Commission shall:

a) study the procedure of organizing and conduct of elections in order to im­prove the legislative acts in this area and electoral procedures;

b) submit to the Government and the Parliament proposals concerning the op­portunity of amending the electoral legislation;

c) draw up and approve regulations and instructions for the improvement of electoral procedures;

d) formulate and deliver opinions on draft normative acts sent to the Central Electoral Commission for reference by other public authorities, as well as opinions on notification regarding the control of constitutionality of norma­tive acts from electoral matters;

e) draw up and approve annual activity plans of the Commission, strategic plans and reports on activities carried out in accordance with approved ac­tivity plans and publishes them on its official website;

f) adopts development strategies to set objectives for its field of activity;

g) maintain and manages the State Automated Information System “Elections”, draws up and approves normative acts concerning the operation of the in­formation sub–systems, an integral part thereof;

h) establishes second–level District Electoral Councils with permanent status;

i) implement electoral and civic education programmes, including through the Centre for Continuous Electoral Training;

j) prepare information programmes for voters, including during the electoral period;

k) offer to Media outlets information on the conduct and organisation of elec­tions and ensure that the electoral procedures are transparent;

l) offer consultations to interested subjects on electoral and civic education activities hold during elections;

m) organise, through the Centre for Continuous Electoral Training, the special­ised training of electoral officials and other subjects involved in the electoral process, by their request;

n) approve a Regulation that describes the procedure of attestation/certifica­tion of knowledge and competences in electoral field, performed by the Cen­tre for Continuous Electoral Training;

o) conduct post-electoral analyses activities, following the conduct of national electoral events, including public events, in order to identify legislative or other kinds of loopholes, and analyse the electoral frauds, including the al­leged ones, take measures to prevent and/or remove them, make conclu­sions and recommendations to that effect and submit them to the subjects who have the power to implement them;

p) initiate validation procedure of the Member of Parliament mandate in case the seat becomes vacant, in accordance with the procedure laid down in this Code;

q) cancel or declare vacant local councillor mandate, in the cases laid down by Law No 768/2000 on local election, by Law No 436/2006 on local public administration and other related normative acts;

r) assigns the local councillor’s mandate, in case the seat becomes vacant, in line with the Regulation approved by Central Electoral Commission decision;

s) ascertain contraventions and conclude protocols on contraventions, in ac­cordance with the Contravention Code;

t) apply or request the application of penalties regulates by this Code, by Law No 294/2007 on political parties and by other related legislative acts, for in­fringements of electoral law, and shall notify the competent bodies regard­ing the acts subject to contravention or criminal liability;

u) collaborates with governmental and non–governmental international organ­isations, foreign electoral authorities for experience exchange and identify­ing best practices in electoral matters;

v) participate in regional and international electoral associations and decide on its membership, as well as on participation and registration fees related to its membership;

w) has the right to access the information held by public authorities at all lev­els, the state registers and the data held by private companies and licenced banks, including personal data, in compliance with the legislation on the pro­tection of personal data;

x) processes personal data as an operator, under the conditions laid down by Law No 133/2011 on the protection of personal data;

y) ensure, jointly with the Central Electoral Council of the Gagauzia, the ex­ercise and protection of the electoral rights of citizens of the Republic of Moldova, in the process of organising and conducting regional elections and offers necessary information and methodological assistance, contributes to the professional development of employees of the electoral bodies.