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E. Rules on the financing of political parties


3. Independent oversight and enforcement


The same consideration should be made with regard to the Minister of Justice, who is part of the executive, and a political appointee, and has a role in a number of provisions of the Act, such as providing what information should be contained in the general outline plan for compliance with financial reporting requirements (Article 15 par 2); the format of donation reports that will be made accessible to the public (Article 44) and even the non-applicability of any provisions of the draft Act “with regard to administrative fines and sanctions for failure to submit proper statement of accounts” (see Articles 33 par 9 d and Article 45 par 1.c).