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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

Selected update

Updated: 07/2016 Parameter update history

Effectiveness:
50%
Progression:
70%
The law is in the Senate

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.

Compared to current state


Updated: 10/2017 Parameter update history

Effectiveness:
50%
Progression:
100%
The law is being applied

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.