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Haiti - Elections : Details on the financing of political parties 05/03/2015 10:08:50
Excerpts: (Chapter IX, Section A Article 125 to 135.2) "[...] The state will provide a subsidy to political parties, political groupings with accredited electoral candidates to help them conduct their electoral campaign. The amount of the subsidy, based on the number of registered candidates will be determined by the Provisional Electoral Council following the budget allocated for this purpose. No financial subsidy will be allocated to independent candidates. "[...] In the legislative, political party, political group comprising at least 50% women candidates and which succeeded in electing half will benefit from a 25% increase in public funding at the next election legislative. Regarding donations, regardless of the form, to a candidate, political party or political group by a natural or legal person is tax deductible to the donor, according to the legal procedures. This amount may not exceed: a) 7.5 million gourdes for a political party or political grouping; b) 5 million gourdes to the candidate for the Presidency; c) 2 million gourdes for the Senate candidate; d) 1 million gourdes for a candidate for the Deputation; e) 500,000 gourdes for the candidate cartel to the Municipality; f) 200,000 gourdes for other elective offices. [...] Any natural or legal person who made a donation of at least 500,000 gourdes to a candidate, political party, political group must, within 5 working days, inform the Provisional Electoral Council to such legal purposes. [...] Every candidate, political party, political group must submit every first of the month, from the date of registration of the candidate, political party or political group, to the Provisional Electoral Council, a detailed and complete list of all donations and donors. During the campaign, the airtime allocated to political party or group whatever the media should be charged at market price and included in the financial report of the campaign. All donations over 50,000 gourdes must be made by check or bank transfer, unless this is a gift in kind, "adding that any breach of these three articles is subject to criminal prosecution. 30 days after the announcement of final results, any legal representative of any political party or group must send the CEP a detailed and complete list of all donations and donors, and the financial report of the campaign signed a chartered accountant . To ensure a fair balance between the competitors, a spending limit is established for each level of electoral Assembly. For the candidate for President of the Republic, 100 million gourdes; For the candidate for Senator,: 20 million gourdes; For a candidate for Deputy : 1.5 million gourdes; For the cartel to the position of Mayor: 1 million gourdes; For a cartel to the position of CASEC: 250,000 gourdes; For a candidate for ASEC : 100,000 gourdes. Any offender is liable to the following penalties: If there is a candidate, it: - Lose the right to vote for a period of 2 to 5 years; - Can not be a candidate for elective office; - Is stripped of his position if elected. If there is a political party or group, it will not be able to present candidates for elected office for a period of 2 to 5 years. HL/ HaitiLibre
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