The EU EOM recommends that the CNE give greater priority to the sanctioning instruments for electoral crimes and faults as foreseen in the Basic Law of Suffrage and Political Participation and reflected in the regulations that it has adopted. Inasmuch as possible, the goal is to dissuade and punish the perpetration of such actions, before the end of the election campaign. The EU EOM further proposes that the participation of public servants in election campaign activities, be it voluntary or induced, be investigated and sanctioned, in accordance with Venezuelan law and international election practices. The exercise of the sanctioning powers, which the CNE is endowed with by law, would benefit the credibility and legitimacy of the Electoral Power, and of election processes per se.