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Article 97
 

Supervisory and Audit Services of Election Commissions.



A supervisory and audit service shall be established in the Central Election Commission and Constituency Election Commissions to ensure the control of expenditure of funding allocated to election commissions for election purposes, correct registration and use of election funds and sources of funding.





The supervisory and audit service shall include the following:



head of the supervisory and audit service;



election commission members appointed to that service, experts involved from the government, National Bank and other organizations and institutions. According to the request of relevant election commissions, and starting from the date of official publication of decision on assignment of the election, the bodies mentioned above should send relevant specialists to the Central Election Commission and to the Constituency Election Commission for the period of elections.







When experts involved with the supervisory and audit service are employed by state or municipal bodies or temporarily released from their employment, their average salaries shall be preserved in their permanent working place and they shall be paid additional compensation from the relevant election commission in accordance with the rules and amount defined by the Central Election Commission.





The Central Election Commission shall approve the statute of the supervisory and audit service, at least 110 days prior to the Election Day. Organizational, legal and logistical support to the supervisory and audit service shall be provided by the relevant election commissions.





The supervisory and audit service shall have the right to control receipt of funding to the election funds of candidates, registered candidates, political parties and blocks of political parties, referendum campaign groups, registration of these funds and their purposeful expenditure, as well as purposeful expenditure of funds allocated for subordinate election commissions. For these purposes the supervisory and audit service shall:



audit financial reports of candidates, registered candidates, political parties and blocks of  political parties, referendum campaign groups  and lower election commissions;



obtain information on all issues within its powers from the candidates, registered candidates, political parties and blocks of political parties, referendum campaign groups and election commissions;



obtain necessary information on issues concerning this service and finance of elections from the executive authorities, municipalities, organizations and citizens: requests of supervisory and audit service should be answered within 10 days, but 5 days prior to the voting day and on the voting day – immediately;



prepare documents on financial violations that occurred during the finance of elections;



raise a matter before the relevant election commission on implementation of accountability measures for the violations occurred during finance of elections by physical and legal entities, candidates, registered candidates, political parties and blocks of  political parties, referendum campaign groups;



involve experts for conducting investigations and for preparing expert considerations.