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Transparent financing of political parties — #43 Identification of natural persons directly covering the costs of electoral advertisements

Each electoral advertisement, billboard for example, should include the following information: if the electoral advertisement is paid from the transparent bank account of the party: the number of the underlying contract, invoice number, transparent bank account number, date of the money transfer, unit price, party’s webpage where one can find the contract in question, the invoice and the bank statement proving the payment; if the electoral advertisement is paid directly by the natural person (outside the transparent bank account of the party or its accounting): number of the underlying contract, invoice number, transparent bank account number, date of the money transfer, name and surname of person who paid the advertisement for the party together with party’s approval with this electoral advertisement, unit price, party’s webpage where one can find the contract in question, the invoice and the bank statement proving the payment and party’s approval with this electoral advertisement.

Justification and sources

Update history

date	reason	effectiveness	progression
10/2017 current	The Act on elections to the Lower Chamber of the Parliament, as amended as of 1 January 2017, requires that the electoral advertising and also electoral billboards identified the person who commissioned it, prepared it as well as the political parties or independent candidates.	Effectiveness 50%	Progression 100%	More
01/2017	The Act on elections to the Lower Chamber of the Parliament, as amended as of 1 January 2017, requires that the electoral advertising and also electoral billboards identified the person who commissioned it, prepared it as well as the political parties or independent candidates.	Effectiveness 50%	Progression 90%	More
08/2016	The proposal of law amending the Act on elections to the Lower Chamber of the Parliament, which the Upper Chamber returned to the Lower Chamber of the Parliament, requires that the electoral advertising and also electoral billboards identified the person who commissioned it, prepared it as well as the political parties or independent candidates.	Effectiveness 50%	Progression 60%	More
07/2016	The proposal of law amending the Act on elections to the Lower Chamber of the Parliament, which is in the Upper Chamber of the Parliament, requires that the electoral advertising and also electoral billboards identified the person who commissioned it, prepared it as well as the political parties or independent candidates.	Effectiveness 50%	Progression 70%	More
08/2015	The proposal of the law amending the Act on elections to the Lower Chamber of the Parliament, which is in the Lower Chamber of the Parliament, requires that the electoral advertising and also electoral billboards identified the person who commissioned it, prepared it as well as the political parties or independent candidates.	Effectiveness 50%	Progression 60%	More