Temporary procedures for financing from the State Budget of Georgia of the election campaign fund for the 2020 Parliamentary Elections of Georgia
1. An electoral subject, that obtains 5% or more of votes in the 2020 Parliamentary Elections conducted under the proportional electoral system, shall receive a one-off sum of not more than GEL 1 000 000from the State Budget of Georgia to cover election campaign expenses incurred in both rounds. An electoral subject shall receive such funding according to the information on the election campaign expenses submitted by it, after submitting a report referred to in Article 57 of this Law applicable before the recognition of the authority of the Parliament of Georgia elected in the next parliamentary elections of Georgia.
2. In order to receive financing of the expenses incurred during the election campaign from the State Budget of Georgia, the electoral subject shall submit a written application to the CEC not later than 38 days before the Election Day.
3. The respective amount provided for by paragraph 1 of this article shall be deposited into the account of the electoral subject not later than the 15th day following the summarisation of election results, based on the CEC summary protocol of election results.
4. To provide financial support to the election campaign of political parties, additional funds shall be allocated from the State Budget of Georgia to cover TV advertising expenses. Only those parties that became eligible for funding based on the results of the last general elections shall receive the sum provided for in this paragraph. To calculate the amount of the sum allocated to a party under this paragraph, the number of the votes obtained by the electoral subject in question in the last general elections shall be multiplied by three and divided by the number of the political associations making up the electoral subject. At the same time, the amount of the sum allocated for a party or an electoral bloc (regardless of the number of parties making up the bloc) running independently in the elections shall not exceed GEL 600 000. At least 15% of the sum allocated to the electoral subject shall be used for pre-election advertising in at least 7 broadcasters who are not national broadcasters.
5. If any party united in an electoral bloc does not run in the elections, the sum under paragraph 4 of this article shall be fully allocated to the parties united in the electoral bloc and running in the elections.
6. The CEC shall pay a broadcaster the expenses provided for in paragraph 4 of this article, within the amounts determined by the same paragraph, based on a contract between a broadcaster and an electoral subject, within 10 business days after the contract is submitted to the CEC.
7. Following the announcement of the final results of the elections:
a) within 5 business days, a party shall submit to the CEC the appropriate information about the final execution of the contract;
b) within 15 business days, a broadcaster shall return the appropriate sum to the State Budget of Georgia if the party fails to fully spend the amount allocated to it under this article.
Organic Law of Georgia No 6723 of 2 July 2020 – website, 3.7.2020
Organic Law of Georgia No 7097 of 3 September 2020 – website, 4.9.2020
