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Electoral Management
EM002
Responsibility of national EMB
Question: Does the national electoral body have the responsibility for elections at:
Answer(s):
a . National level b . Regional level c . Local level
Comments:
Source: Law No 10-018/AU Amending certain provisions of the Electoral Act No. 07-001/AU of 14 January 2007, art. 39, 52
http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/KM/comores-electoral-law-2010/view (2016)
Verified: 2025/09/30
EM004
EMB budget determined by
Question: The budget of the national electoral management body is determined by:
Answer(s):
g . Other
Comments: The National Independent Electoral Commission is autonomous and determines its own budget.
Source: Law No 10-018/AU Amending certain provisions of the Electoral Act No. 07-001/AU of 14 January 2007, art. 43
http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/KM/comores-electoral-law-2010/view (2016)
Verified: 2025/09/30
EM005
EMB expenditures controlled by
Question: The expenditures of the national electoral management body are controlled by:
Answer(s):
d . A national government department e . Another organ within the national government g . Other
Comments: 45 days after the proclamation of the final election results, the Commission submits its financial reports to the Constitutional Court, the ministries and the island authorities in charge of elections.
Source: Law No 10-018/AU Amending certain provisions of the Electoral Act No. 07-001/AU of 14 January 2007, art. 56
http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/KM/comores-electoral-law-2010/view (2016)
Verified: 2025/09/30
EM006
Term of EMB members
Question: The term of the members of the national electoral management body is:
Answer:
c . For an unspecified period
Comments:
Source: Law No 10-018/AU Amending certain provisions of the Electoral Act No. 07-001/AU of 14 January 2007, art. 45, 46
http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/KM/comores-electoral-law-2010/view (2016)
Verified: 2025/09/30
EM012
Electoral Management model
Question: What is the Electoral Management model?
Answer:
b . Independent
Comments:
Source: Law No 10-018/AU Amending certain provisions of the Electoral Act No. 07-001/AU of 14 January 2007, art. 42, 43
http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/KM/comores-electoral-law-2010/view (2016)
Verified: 2025/09/30
EM013
Number of EMB members
Question: The EMB is composed of:
Answer:
b . 11 - 20 members (specify)
Comments: 11 members.
The members of the CENI are appointed on the basis of:
five (5) members by the President of the Union of the Comoros including three (3) independent personalities from civil society and the administration, including two women – a lawyer – and a computer scientist;
five (5) members by the Bureau of the Assembly of the Union representing the majority and the opposition at the rate of three (3) for the majority and 2 for the opposition including two lawyers, two women and one statistician;
one (1) independent personality by each of the Governors of the autonomous islands.
Source: Law No 10-018/AU Amending certain provisions of the Electoral Act No. 07-001/AU of 14 January 2007, art. 45
http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/KM/comores-electoral-law-2010/view (2016)
Verified: 2025/09/30
EM014
Membership based on
Question: The EMB members/commissioners are selected on the basis of their:
Answer:
b . Expertise
Comments: The Independent National Electoral Commission is composed of thirteen (13) members distributed as follows:
three (3) lawyers, mainly specialized in public law, including at least one woman;
two (2) representatives of public administrations, including at least one woman;
two (2) representatives of civil society, including at least one woman;
six (6) independent personalities of great professional reputation, including at least one woman, a computer scientist and a statistician.
Source: Law No 10-018/AU Amending certain provisions of the Electoral Act No. 07-001/AU of 14 January 2007, art. 45
http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/KM/comores-electoral-law-2010/view (2016)
Verified: 2025/09/30
EM015
Question: The EMB members/commissioners are selected by:
Answer(s):
a . Head of State f . Judiciary h . Civil society
Comments: The Island Governors, the President of the Superior Judicial Council, the conference of the Presidents of the National Assembly.
Source: Law No 10-018/AU Amending certain provisions of the Electoral Act No. 07-001/AU of 14 January 2007, art. 45
http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/KM/comores-electoral-law-2010/view (2016)
;IDEA, Annex A: World Survey: Electoral Management Bodies in 214 countries and Territories, http://www.idea.int/publications/emd/upload/EMD_Annex_A.pdf, P.308-309.
Verified: 2025/09/30
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