Control on Spending of Funds Allocated for Conduct of Elections
1. Election commissions shall exercise control over the procedure of establishment and spending of resources of the election funds of candidates
2. Audit groups shall be established under the Central Election Commission, oblast, Bishkek election commissions to control the targeted spending of funds allocated to election commissions for the preparation and conduct of elections and also to control the sources of funding, correct accounting and spending of the resources of election funds, to audit financial reports of candidates. The Central Election Commission shall specify the procedure for organization and activity of the Audit group.
3. The Audit Service shall include: head of the Audit Service, his/her deputy (deputies), appointed to the Audit Service members of the respective election commission and specialists out of the leadership and specialists of government (law-enforcement, finance and other) and other bodies, organizations and institutions including the Ministry of Justice of the Kyrgyz Republic, the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic, and the Ministry of Finance of the Kyrgyz Republic. On request of the respective election commission, these bodies, organizations and institutions shall detach the specialists for the disposal of the respective election commission not later than one month after the day of official publication of the decision on holding the elections.
4. The specialists shall be released from their main work for the period of their work in the Audit Service, their main place of work (position), their established salaries and other benefits on the main place of work shall be retained for them. These specialists may be also paid remuneration on account of the funds allocated for preparation and conduct of elections.
5. The respective election commission shall approve the regulations on the audit service. The respective election commission shall provide organizational, legal and logistical support of the audit service under the election commission.
6. On instructions of the respective election commission, the audit service shall:
1) audit financial reports of the candidates, and subordinate election commissions;
2) request and obtain from the candidates, election commissions the information on all issues within its competence;
3) control compliance with the established procedure for financing the election campaign, conduct of other events directly related to the election campaign of the candidates;
4) address government bodies, organizations irrespective of their form of property, as well as citizens on issues within the jurisdiction of the audit service, request necessary information and materials in connection with funding of the elections. The answers to the audit service addresses and the materials requested by it shall be provided within a ten-day period, but immediately during the five-day period before the election day and on the election day;
5) draw up documents on financial violations in the course of election funding;
6) raise before the respective election commission questions on taking appropriate measures against the candidates as well as against citizens and legal entities for their violations in financing the election campaign of the candidates;
7) involve experts to auditing, preparation of audit reports and expert opinions.
The control revision group verifies appeals for every message not later than within the 3 day period.
7. When carrying out their functions the audit service may use the State Automated Information System “Sahiloo”.
8. After 30 days following publication of the elections results, the audit service groups under the Central Election Commission, oblast and Bishkek city election commissions shall terminate their authorities.
(In the edition of the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic issued on January 24th 2004 year No.7)
