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Election campaign spending limits for Bosnia and Herzegovina
SARAJEVO 17 August 2000
SARAJEVO, 17 August 2000 - Closer regulation of campaign financing is one of the new provisions in the Provisional Election Commission Rules and Regulations that was incorporated
from the draft Election Law. For the first time, political parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina will be limited in the amount of money they can spend in each political race.
The purpose of this new rule is to promote fair competition among all political parties, coalitions, lists of independent candidates and independent candidates.
Article 1611 of the Rules and Regulations limits campaign spending for each political party, coalition, list of independent candidates or independent candidate, to one convertible mark (1 KM) per registered voter in each electoral race. The OSCE compiled voter registration figures as of 11 August 2000, 90 days prior to the election. These figures will form the basis for calculating the spending limits for each race, and are available on the website of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, http://www.oscebih.org/
The OSCE established its present Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina on 18 December 1995. In accordance with the General Framework Agreement for Peace (GFAP), the OSCE Mission activities are to promote democratization and the building of a vibrant civil society; foster the development of professional journalism and monitor the rights of journalists; monitor and advance the human rights situation; supervise the conduct of elections, and encourage regional stabilization through arms control and confidence and security-building measures. The OSCE Mission continues to work closely with other international organizations and local institutions to implement the Dayton Peace Accords.
For more information, please call Luke Zahner, Spokesperson, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, 033/292-222 or 066/144-311.
from the draft Election Law. For the first time, political parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina will be limited in the amount of money they can spend in each political race.
The purpose of this new rule is to promote fair competition among all political parties, coalitions, lists of independent candidates and independent candidates.
Article 1611 of the Rules and Regulations limits campaign spending for each political party, coalition, list of independent candidates or independent candidate, to one convertible mark (1 KM) per registered voter in each electoral race. The OSCE compiled voter registration figures as of 11 August 2000, 90 days prior to the election. These figures will form the basis for calculating the spending limits for each race, and are available on the website of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, http://www.oscebih.org/
The OSCE established its present Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina on 18 December 1995. In accordance with the General Framework Agreement for Peace (GFAP), the OSCE Mission activities are to promote democratization and the building of a vibrant civil society; foster the development of professional journalism and monitor the rights of journalists; monitor and advance the human rights situation; supervise the conduct of elections, and encourage regional stabilization through arms control and confidence and security-building measures. The OSCE Mission continues to work closely with other international organizations and local institutions to implement the Dayton Peace Accords.
For more information, please call Luke Zahner, Spokesperson, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, 033/292-222 or 066/144-311.