{"id":1637,"date":"2013-07-01T05:43:36","date_gmt":"2013-07-01T05:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alegeliber.md\/?p=1637"},"modified":"2013-07-02T19:45:59","modified_gmt":"2013-07-02T19:45:59","slug":"coali%c8%9bia-civica-pentru-alegeri-libere-%c8%99i-corecte-solicita-reformarea-sistemul-de-finantare-a-partidelor-politice-si-a-campaniilor-electorale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alegeliber.md\/en\/coali%c8%9bia-civica-pentru-alegeri-libere-%c8%99i-corecte-solicita-reformarea-sistemul-de-finantare-a-partidelor-politice-si-a-campaniilor-electorale-1637.html","title":{"rendered":"Appeal of the Civic Coalition for Free and Fair Elections on reform of political party and campaign finance"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Civic Coalition for Free and Fair Elections is deeply concerned about the gaps in current system of political party and campaign finance in the Republic of Moldova.\u00a0 Currently, the election campaigns are mainly financed by a few big donors.\u00a0 In cases when this is the only source of funding, the interested money may determine a certain behavior or influences certain decisions.\u00a0 Experience from previous election campaigns demonstrates that a considerable part of income and expenses are not declared by the electoral contestants.\u00a0 There is a lack of an efficient control of political parties\u2019 finances in Republic of Moldova.\u00a0 Moreover, an efficient mechanism of sanctioning in case of financial frauds does not exist. This aspect encourages political parties to corrupt the voters using various means, without major risks to be eliminated form election campaigns.<\/p>\n

The Coalition states that a clear policy and transparency of financing is the key condition to strengthen the voters\u2019 confidence in political parties and politicians in general.\u00a0 Money matters in politics because political parties need financial resources to perform their activities, but money should not be used as a trade-off for access to decision-making power.\u00a0 Eliminating these gaps is also an essential precondition for EU integration.<\/p>\n

Civic Coalition for Free and Fair Elections requests a comprehensive reform of political parties\u2019 financing system. The reform has to include several essential elements. It should eliminate the influence of money in politics, striking a balance between private and public funding.\u00a0 It is necessary to decrease the donations margins in order to enlarge the number of the donors and diminishing the big donors\u2019 influence.\u00a0 The reform must ensure the gender equality factor in politics, taking into consideration to low quota of women in parliament and local councils.\u00a0 Besides, the amendments should foresee clear requirements on transparency, reporting, monitoring and control institutions. Introducing and enforcing penalties for violation of transparency and reporting requirements is crucial for making the political parties more accountable.<\/p>\n

Delaying the reform elaboration leads to a series of negative effects.\u00a0 We run the risk of seeing the same candidates during the electoral campaigns, superficial debates, decisions and laws that will favor economic groups\u2019 interests but not genuine development policies. We urge the Moldova Parliament to meaningfully involve the civil society in the process of debating and approving legal amendments on the reform of political party and campaign finance.<\/p>\n

Council of Civic Coalition for Free and Fair Elections <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Civic Coalition for Free and Fair Elections is deeply concerned about the gaps in current system of political party and campaign finance in the Republic of Moldova.\u00a0 Currently, the election campaigns are mainly financed by a few big donors.\u00a0 In cases when this is the only source of funding, the interested money may determine a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alegeliber.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1637"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alegeliber.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alegeliber.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alegeliber.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alegeliber.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alegeliber.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1637\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alegeliber.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alegeliber.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alegeliber.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}