50. Do third parties have to report on election campaign finances?

IX. CAMPAIGN FINANCE

Political parties are required to submit annual financial reports to the relevant financial authorities, tax inspectorates, Chamber of Accounts, and the MoJ. Additionally, political parties are required to disclose their campaign expenses to the CEC within 20 days of the announcement of results. Annual reports together with the statements from the CEC, Chamber of Accounts and the MoJ on parties’ financial incomes and expenses during parliamentary election campaigns are presented to the lower chamber of parliament in the presence of the media. While these reports are supposed to be published by political parties, there is no clarity in the law with regard to the mode and timeframes for their publication. In accordance with the Code of Administrative Responsibility, violations of political finance regulations are punishable by fines. Consideration should be given to amend the legal framework to ensure that financial reports of political parties clearly distinguish expenditures by the party and individual candidates. To further transparency, it is recommended that such reports be made publicly available, including on the Internet, in a timely manner and contain enough detail to be useful and understandable to the general public.

(OSCE/ODIHR Limited Election Observation Mission Final Report, Republic of Uzbekistan, Parliamentary Elections, 21 December 2014, available at http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/uzbekistan/142576?download=true accessed January 2018).