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Paragraph 33
 

Under Article 27 of the LPP, as amended in 2015, public funding of up to 0.2% of the state budget revenues is granted annually to political parties. 50% of the allowances are distributed to the parties “proportionally with the performance achieved in parliamentary elections” and the other 50% “proportionally with their performance in local general elections”. Those rules, which differ from the draft amendments assessed in the 2013 Joint Opinion, lack the necessary precision. In particular, it is not clear from the text whether the terms “proportionally with their performance” refer to the number of parliamentary seats or the number of votes received by each party. It was explained to the Venice Commission and OSCE/ODIHR delegation that the latter understanding was correct. However, for the sake of legal certainty and clarity, it should be clarified in Article 27 of the LPP that the term “proportionally with their performance” refers to the number of votes received by each party, both under the proportional and the plurality system.