Amendments to the Law on Political Parties, by lifting one restriction to their activities (Article 90), are a step in the right direction, but do little to address the previous recommendations by electoral observation missions and shortcomings or contradictions with international standards concerning limitations on freedom of association and expression, funding of political parties and campaigns, or transparency and auditing of the financial reports.45 The amendments allow political parties to support other political parties in elections previously forbidden by Article 90, and in line with the amendment to the Law on Parliamentary Elections (Article 12/A) that permits parties to agree on election alliances. This amendment is in line with previous recommendations of international organisations. However, the legislation prohibits electoral alliances to use joint lists or logos. This could be reconsidered.
