“NEO’s mission shall be to contribute to the observance of the electoral law in order to ensure the regularity, impartiality, objectivity, transparency, and fairness of elections and to guarantee to voters and candidates the free exercise of their rights”.

NEO shall have the following duties:

1) To supervise and control the management of the electoral register;

2) To supervise and control the functioning of the mixed commissions charged with establishing and revising voters’ lists;

3) To supervise and control the establishment, conservation and revision of voters’ lists;

4) To supervise and control the printing of electoral materials;

5) To supervise and control the functioning of the mixed commissions charged with controlling the establishment and distribution of voters’ cards;

6) To supervise and control the distribution of voters’ cards;

7) To hear all claims or protests concerning voters’ lists and cards not resolved by the competent supervisory commissions;

8) To order the necessary corrections to be made following an examination by NEO of the claims or protests against acts of the administrative authorities or mixed electoral commissions concerning voters’ lists and cards;

9) To hear protests and claims concerning the nomination of candidates as well as the behaviour of candidates or their representatives during periods of elections, not resolved by the competent supervisory commissions;

10) To ensure the publication of the list of polling stations on time and its notification to the candidates or representatives of the list of candidates, as the case may be;

11) To verify the regularity of the composition of members of polling commissions;

12) To ensure that the list of members of polling commissions is published and notified on time to the persons indicated in the electoral law, in particular the representatives of lists of candidates or of candidates;

13) To ensure the smooth conduct of election campaign so as to maintain equality between candidates;

14) To supervise and control the preparation of electoral materials (printing and distribution of ballot papers);

15) To verify the regularity of the poll, returning operations and vote count ;

16) To ensure that the reports from polling stations are properly kept;

17) To supervise and control:
        - The collection and forwarding of reports to the vote- counting commission;
        - The pooling of results at the level of the competent commissions;

18) In each polling station, a copy of the report shall be handed to the NEO delegate. Such report shall, in the event of dispute at any level arising from the vote-counting process, be deemed authentic except in case of a challenge to the validity of the document.