co-ordination of the women's association and even cultural and religious organizations are represented. The Cape Verde electoral commission, called National Election Commission(NEC) is made up of five(5) members. Its members are elected by members of the parliament through secret ballot with two third(2/3) majority. Although the fact that members of the NEC are elected by members of parliament is not peculiar to Cape Verde, it is meanwhile interesting to note that contrary to what applies for several other countries of the sub-region, no allusion is made here to the political configuration of the parliamentary institution or to the general national political scene. This is for the simple reason that in Cap Verde, members of the NEC who do not represent political parties are expected to enjoy the confidence of a large political force represented at the National Assembly. It needs to be added that up until now, although no allusion has been clearly made to the need to take into consideration the political configuration of the parliament in the choice of members of the NEC, the opposition has always been taken into consideration(even when the majority has only 2/3 of the votes) and it does happen that the chairman of the NEC is one of the members appointed by the opposition. In Senegal, it is on the other hand very clearly indicated that members of the INEC must be independent minded persons, of course of Senegalese nationality, and above all, known for their political neutrality. Incompatibilities which are found in most of the laws of other countries are even declared by the law. Consequently, a member of the government, a sitting judge, a member of the ministerial cabinet, an elected political officer, and a member of a support group to a party may not be members of the INEC or its parts. Similarly, top functionaries of the territorial administration(governors, chairmen of local governments, charimen of local development areas) are 25