Secretariat' of INEC which is made up of 4 members and which, as its name connotes, is endowed with some degree of permanency, whereas the commission itself is an intermittent body. The 4 members of the permanent administrative secretariat are divided as follows: a permanent administrative secretary, aided by 3 assistants respectively in charge of conservation of the administrative memory, maintenance of the electoral properties and supervision of the professional bodies in charge of computerization and updating of the permanent electoral list. With regards to the duration of the membership of the autonomous national electoral commission, it is necessary to state that no legal provision limits the number of tenures of members of the electoral body. In Mali, INEC no longer exists. It is in this category that one can place the electoral commission of Niger. The chairman and the vice chairmen of INEC as well as the other members are appointed by presidential decree. Their tenure ends 3 months after the proclamation of the final results of the election. The same situation is seen in Togo where according to the law, INEC is permanent but the function of the members of INEC will come to end 45 days after the proclamation of the results. There is a second more frequent case characterized by the permanence of the institution and determination of tenure with variable duration for its members. Most of the countries are in this category. There are countries in which members of the commission have one renewable mandate. This is the case in Cote d'Ivoire, Nigeria and Senegal, where a specific duration is assigned to a mandate of the members of the commission, who work during this period, the existence of electoral deadlines being of little importance. 34