(1) This law regulates the financing of the activity of political parties and of the electoral campaigns, as well as the control of the financing of the activity of political parties and of the electoral campaigns.

(2) The financing of the activity of political parties and of the electoral campaigns relies on the following principles:

a) the principle of legality;

b) the principle of equal opportunities;

c) the principle of the transparency of the income and expenses;

d) the principle of the independence of political parties and candidates with respect to the financiers;

e) the principle of the integrity of political and electoral competition.