The National Electoral Commission is an independent body that organizes, performs, coordinates and conducts elections. The organizational and functional structure of the National Electoral Commission and the specific skills of their organs are fixed by this and approved by law. The CNE is an administrative entity not incorporated in the direct and indirect state that boasts organic and functional independence.

It is a budget entity itself, endowed with administrative, financial and patrimonial independence.The National Electoral Commission has collegially their powers and duties and cannot decide on terms contrary to the provisions relating to the electoral process, contained in the existing election law.