of the first members(chosen by casting lots) spend at least 7 years so as to allow for continuity within the commission through the partial renewal of membership(following the example of what the law provides for the Senegalese INEC). In Nigeria, the tenure of members of the commission is 5 years, renewable once. But the electoral commission has permanent members, who continue to work after elections. There are countries whose laws provide members of the electoral commission with a non-expressly renewable mandate. In Liberia, members of the electoral commission have a non-renewable 7 year mandate. The mandate of the electoral commission of Sierra Leone is subject to the same legal regime. There is another case which deserves mention, which is that of Togo where the INEC is permanent, but its membership is not. In fact, the tenure of the members of INEC ends 45 days after the proclamation of the final results of the election for which it is established. The mandate of members of INEC is renewable. INEC presents its general activity report to all the institutions concerned by the elections 45 days at most after the declaration of the final results of the election. Finally, Ghana presents a particular case in the sense that no duration is assigned to the mandate of the members of the commission who remain on duty until retirement. The only limitations are in respect of age and moral standing. 1.2.3 Anticipated stoppage of functions of members of the electoral commission Concerning the anticipated stoppage of functions of members of the 36