member of INEC cannot be sued, declared wanted, arrested, detained or judged for opinions expressed or acts committed in the exercise of its functions. For any offence, the pursuit of the case before the law court is only possible after the opinion of the INEC office has been sought. Laws in the Anglophone countries( Gambia, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Ghana) contain abundant provisions on the possibility of anticipated cessation of duties of the members of the electoral commission. For example, in Gambia, the president of the country can sack any member of the commission for:(a) incapacity to accomplish his mission,(b) any circumstance which disqualifies someone,(c) bad conduct. But before sacking any member, the president must set up a tribunal of 3 judges of a higher court to establish the truth. The same legal regime is observable in Sierra Leone where, in line with constitutional provisions, the president of the republic can sack any member of the commission for reasons relating to(a) the inability to accomplish his duty,(b) any circumstance which disqualifies someone, and(c) bad conduct. In this case, the president of the country must forward the case to a law court which he will set up in line with the procedures provided for in the constitution. In the case of Nigeria, it appears that the prospect of a dismissal of a member of the commission does exist. Motives behind such dismissal are not specified, according to the data collected. It is simply provided that the president of the country shall make pronouncement of this sanction, which must meanwhile have the support of 2/3 majority of the members of the Senate. The rule of'parallelism of forms' is then respected, since the appointment of members of the commission should enjoy the consent of the Senate. Dismissal constitutes however a more difficult procedure than appointment, since it requires precisely a 38