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ARTICLE 96
 

Advance payments


Political parties may receive up to fifteen percent (15%) of the total amount determined as state funding as an advance payment and on provision of sufficient liquid guarantees. Distribution of advance payments shall be carried out in equal parts for each political party in the following manner:


a) Political parties registered at national level that have endorsed candidacies for President and Vice President of the Republic and members of the Legislative Assembly shall be given eighty percent (80%) of the determined amount in equal sums, on provision of sufficient liquid guarantees.


b) Twenty percent (20%) of the total amount of advance payments shall be distributed in equal amounts among all parties solely at provincial level with candidacies endorsed for members of the Legislative Assembly, on provision of sufficient liquid guarantees.


Political parties that have received state funding by way of advance payments and which have not complied with the conditions stipulated in Article 96 of the Political Constitution and the stipulations in this Article must return the amounts received as advance payments. The same procedure shall apply for excess amounts, if the advanced amount is greater than the amount to which the political party is entitled.