VII. Other recommendations and technical issues
In draft Article 34para 2, it appears that the Chamber of Control will be responsible for implementing several recommendations issued by GRECO, especially recommendations ii and vii which deal inter alia with the need for a standardised format for the annual financial statements of political parties and for adequate standards for private auditing; these tasks are mentioned under items a. and b. of this provision. At the same time, certain other tasks are drafted in vague terms: for instance, item d. reads “to provide transparency of financing of the parties” and it is unclear what exactly this refers to, and whether for instance the Chamber of Control would be responsible for facilitating access of the public to financial statements pertaining to political parties and election campaigns. These provisions should therefore be made more specific. |