12 minutes agoCivil society launches campaign against policy party funding
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)With our motto “Money, our standards”, nearly 100 civil society organisations have begun campaigning against the Bill for the financing of political parties. Their representatives, through a media conference Friday, have announced that they will start meetings with institutional representatives, as well as other activities to challenge this bill. Director [...]
The director of the Kosovo Democratic Institute (KDI), Ismet Kryeziu, has said that most of the amendments proposed by the working group under the Commission for Boards and Finance, for the Project on Financing Political Subjections, violate international standards for financing political parties, and in particular the recommendations of the Venice Commission, which have been given to the Government of Kosovo on May 3rd 2018, writes today “Koha Ditore<<2>
“Amendments adopted in second reading by the Commission for the budget and finance undermine the bill, because they violate the Office's independence for registering political subjects, removing this office's mandate to monitor political parties' finances, including indicating fines. The burden of these functions on a political body such as the Central Election Commission (KQZ) also conflicts with Venice Commission recommendations for strengthening the role of the Office”, he has said.
