As far as the operational capacities of the Office are concerned, the draft provisions foresee that “the Office will be provided with all the necessary professional and administrative capacities by the CEC Secretariat” and that “the Office is provided with the necessary human resources for accomplishing the competences provided for by the legislation in force”. In principle, these provisions are commendable, but given the past experiences it would be advisable to introduce more precise commitments in the law. It would appear that before 2013, when the CEC was the competent body, the CEC faced severe challenges in performing its auditing responsibilities due to a lack of human and financial resources. According to the Government’s Concept document of October 2017, the “lack of professional staff in the Office for Registration of Political Parties within CEC has been mentioned as a challenge that this institution has continuously faced”. Currently, the Office operates with only two staff and has not been able, to date, to follow-up on the audit reports 2013-2016 and on the detected infringements of the law.