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 (d) the validity of constitutional modification and procedure.

(e) Juridico-political questions and those of social legislation which the Constitution and the law submit to its consideration.

(f) Appeals against abuse of power.

183. The following can apply to the Court of Constitutional and Social Guarantees, without the necessity for furnishing surety:

(a) The President of the Republic, the Prime Minister and each one of the members of the Cabinet, the Presiding Officer of the Senate, the House of Representatives and the Tribunal of Accounts, Governors, Mayors and Councilmen.

(b) Judges and courts.

(c) The Public Prosecutor.

(d) Universities.

(e) Autonomous bodies authorised by the Constitution or the law.

(f) Every individual or collective person affected by an act or provision that he deems unconstitutional.

Persons not comprised in any of the foregoing paragraphs can also apply to the Court of Constitutional and Social Guarantees, provided they furnish the surety fixed by law.

The mode of functioning of the Court of Constitutional and Social Guarantees, and the procedure for hearing the appeals presented before it, shall be established by law.

184. The Superior Electoral Court shall be composed of 3 Justices from the Supreme Court and 2 from the Havana Court of Appeals, named for a period of 4 years by the full bench of their respective courts.

The Chief Justiceship of the Superior Electoral Court shall belong to that one of the 3 Supreme Court Justices with the longest service. Each one of the members of the Court shall have 2 substitutes, named by the body from which they come.

185. In addition to the attributes which the electoral laws confer on it, the Superior Electoral Court is vested with full faculties to guarantee the integrity of the ballot, and to check