Civil society protests bill for financing of political subjects

The protest will take place at the same time, when the Council Group's next meeting for the upgrade and strengthening of the election process, which the US has suspended turnout.

Civil society organisations assess, the draft for financing of political subjects, is contrary to the constitutional spirit and electoral reform initiated by the Kosovo Assembly.

The bill under them degrades the main principles of political life by jeopardising the integrity of the entire electoral reform process, including violating the Office's independence for registering Political Subjects.

The current bill, according to them, fails to address the agenda's priorities for European Reform (ERA) for transparency, accountability, implementation and effective sanctions in financing political parties, enabling political subjects to hide their financial contributors' identities, raising multiple levels of these contributions, extending the deadlines for publishing campaign financial reports and reducing fines, in cases when parties violate the law.

Since the Political Subject Financing Bill cannot be seen as a split part of the Electoral Reform, and the same according to civil society risks this process, they have demanded that the draft law be withdrawn or not be voted into by Kosovo Assembly deputies.

The protest is held at 10:00 in front of the Kosovo Assembly building.