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Transparent financing of political parties — #42 Monetary donations from account to account (transparent)

Political parties shall open a separate transparent bank account in the Czech Republic specifically for the purposes of electoral campaign. Political parties should be allowed to accept monetary donations and other donations for their electoral campaigns only if they were transferred from a bank account of financial institution based in an OECD country and if they were transferred to the transparent account.

Justification and sources

Selected update

Updated: 08/2016 Parameter update history

Effectiveness:
100%
Progression:
60%
The law proposal is in the Lower Chamber

The proposal of the law amending Act on elections to the Lower Chamber of the Parliament, which the Upper Chamber returned to the Lower Chamber of the Parliament, obliges political parties to keep a special transparent account for the purpose of the electoral campaign and pay electoral expenses from this account. The proposal does not allow provision of funds and other benefits for the purpose of electoral campaign from trust funds nor from foreign legal persons.

Compared to current state

Updated: 10/2017 Parameter update history

Effectiveness:
100%
Progression:
100%
The law is being applied

The Act on elections to the Lower Chamber of the Parliament, as amended as of 1 January 2017, obliges political parties to keep a special transparent account for the purpose of the electoral campaign and pay electoral expenses from this account. The Act does not allow provision of funds and other benefits for the purpose of electoral campaign from trust funds nor from foreign legal persons.