E. Rules on the financing of political parties
4. Bans and restrictions
It is noted that the draft Act does not contain prohibitions of a number of other acts, possibly because they have not been problems in Malta in the recent past. Consideration may be given to pre-empting such situations, by banning the abuse of state resources, a practice which, as the Guidelines note, has been “[…] universally condemned by international norms”.[1] It is also recommended to specifically ban the requirement of payment to political parties by public employees (civil servants) as stipulated by the Guidelines.[2] A ban on the manipulation or intimidation of public employees should also be included in the draft Act.[3]
Guidelines, par. 207 ; see also par 5.4 of the 1990 OSCE Copenhagen Document.
Guidelines, par. 210.
Ibid.