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Article 112
 

Pre-Election Funds of MP Candidates or Parties

 

1. An MP candidate and a party that has submitted electoral lists to run for the National Assembly under proportional system shall have the right to establish a pre-election fund in the name of their authorized representative, in order to run a pre-election campaign.

The fund shall be made up of voluntary contributions described in Article 25 of this Code. The MP candidate and the party (party alliance) that has submitted electoral lists to run for the National Assembly under proportional system may use the resources in the pre-election fund to pay their electoral deposits.

2. The candidate shall have the right to pay into his or her pre-election fund up to 1,000 times the minimum wage, whereas the party or each party included in the alliance shall have the right to pay up to 2,000 times the minimum wage to the party’s or the party alliance’s pre-election fund, respectively.

3. Any physical person may contribute to pre-election funds of candidates and parties (party alliances) in the amount of up to 50 times the minimum wage; legal entities may contribute the amount of up to 150 times the minimum wage.

4. During pre-election campaign, a candidate’s expenses made from his/her preelection fund may not exceed 5,000 times the minimum wage; a party’s expenses from preelection fund shall not exceed 60,000 times the minimum wage.

5. MP candidates and parties running for the National Assembly, registered in accordance with procedures defined in this Code, shall have the right to use only the means in their pre-election fund to finance their pre-election campaign.

6. The money remaining in pre-election funds after the elections shall be used in accordance with procedures set in Paragraph 6 of Article 79 of this Code.