III. Comments on the Text on the Draft Electoral Law 

E. Financing of elections

Article 50 of the parliamentary electoral law requires the bank to return to the party any unused funds based on a request from the party after the elections. On the other hand, any unused funds in the account of a single-mandate district candidate shall be transferred to the state budget. There appears to be no logical reason for the unequal treatment of a political party’s unused campaign funds and those of a single-mandate district candidate. The Venice Commission and the OSCE/ODIHR have previously recommended that this discriminatory practice be ended.