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Paragraph 37
 

Bearing in mind that lack of disclosure has been one of the main concerns in recent years, the additional draft regulations on public disclosure of financial information by political entities are clearly to be supported. Reference is made here to international standards and to previous opinions of the Venice Commission which stress the importance of public disclosure of information on party and campaign funding. Such disclosure should be effected without unnecessary delay and be easily accessible to the public for an extended period of time. It is particularly welcome that in addition to the financial reports, political entities have to publish further financial information on a regular basis (draft paragraphs 1.2 and 1.3). These new rules respond to a concern raised repeatedly in the past, which related to the only punctual ex-post auditing of political finances (if ever) and to the lack of continuous disclosure and monitoring.