Its organization, duties and powers shall be set by law. It shall be made up of seven regular members, each with alternates, to represent the political parties, movements or alliances that won the highest numbers of votes in the most recent multi-candidate national elections, and these organizations shall submit slates from which the National Congress will elect regular and alternate members. Members shall be appointed by majority vote of the members of Congress, shall remain in office four years, and shall be eligible for re-election. […] Article 276 The Constitutional Court shall have the power: 1. To hear and rule on appeals filed on the unconstitutionality, in substance or in form, of organic and ordinary laws, decree-laws, executive orders, ordinances, statutes, regulations, and resolutions issued by state institutions, and to suspend all or some of their effects. 2. To hear and rule on the unconstitutionality of the administrative acts of all public authorities. The declaration of unconstitutionality shall result in the annulment of the act, although the administrative body may adopt measures necessary to bring it into compliance with the Constitution. […] Article 277 Constitutional motions may be lodged by: […] 5. One thousand citizens in the exercise of their political rights, or any individual having received a favorable report from the Ombudsman to the effect that the matter is admissible, in the cases of numerals one and two of this article.16 30. The 2000 Law on Elections provided: Article 13 Electoral organizations hold exclusive authority to settle all matters concerning the enforcement of this law; complaints brought by political participants through their legal representatives, agents or attorneys-in-fact, depending on the case, and the candidates; and the application of sanctions established herein. Article 17 Members of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal shall enjoy immunity during their term of office, as will members of the provincial boards of elections, from the day the call to elections is published, until 30 days following the verification of the vote count. […] They may not be prosecuted or held in custody, except by prior decision of the Supreme Court in the case of members of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, or the Provincial High Court of the relevant jurisdiction, in the case of members of provincial boards and poll workers. […] This immunity shall not protect them in case of electoral offenses as set forth in this law, or if caught in flagrante delicto. 16 Cf. Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador, August 11, 1998, Articles 119, 130, 199, 209, 276 and 277 (evidence file, folios 2276, 2278, 2292, 2294, 2307 and 2308). 10