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IV. Analysys and recommendations


C. Loans


Chapter II of the Law focuses on “Sources and Manner of Financing”. The draft amendments propose to add, in Article 3 para 3 (on sources of financing of political entities), that political entities may borrow ‘exclusively’ from banks and other financial organisations in Serbia. It is noted that Article 7 (on private sources) already provides what appears to be a closed list of sources of financing of political parties, and mentions only “borrowing from banks and other financial organizations in the Republic of Serbia” (not borrowing from others, such as private individuals). Any financing by other (private) actors thus already does not appear to be in line with the concept of the Law, which arguably means that the proposed amendment is obsolete.