Hungary’s Fidesz Wants More Transparent Campaign Financing
- 25 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
The governing Fidesz party has initiated legislation that would hold party leaders financially accountable for campaign spending and amassed debt. The amendment tabled by Gergely Gulyás, a Fidesz lawmaker, on Friday, would help break with a practice going back two decades where nobody was responsible for party budgets, he told a press conference.
If the amendment is passed, party leaders will have a responsibility under civil law to give account of the party’s campaign spending, including paying back any subsidies owed. If a party was dissolved, or a candidate eligible for support did not run in the election in the end, the party leader would be financially responsible for any debt incurred in the process.
Source www.hungarymatters.hu
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