49. Do candidates have to report on their election campaign finances?

Article 60 Procedure of nominating candidate for deputy lists

2. The right to nominate candidates for Jogorku Kenesh deputies shall belong to political parties, which were officially registered and/or reregistered in the established manner as of the date of official publication of the decision on calling of the election.

Article 42 Expenditure control of the funds allocated for elections, of the candidates’ electoral funds and those of political parties

6. Upon a written instruction of the Central Election Commission the audit group shall:

1) check financial statements of candidates, political parties and subordinate election commissions;

(Constitutional Law of the Kyrgyz Republic On elections of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic and deputies of Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic, 2011, available at http://www.legislationline.org/download/action/download/id/4016/file/Kyrgyz_Const_Law_Presidential_and_parliam_Elections_2011_en.pdf accessed February 2018).    

VIII. CAMPAIGN ENVIRONMENT AND CAMPAIGN FINANCE

Candidates are required by law to open designated bank accounts where all campaign funding should be transferred. All expenses related to their candidacy and campaign should be paid from this account. The CEC publishes on a weekly basis the total amount of income, expenditure and balance on these accounts.The electoral law does not require disclosure of sources of campaign finance. The CEC issued an instruction, which provides for interim reports of campaign revenues and expenditures to be sent to the CEC no later than 10 days prior to election day, and final campaign finance reports within 10 days after election day. These reports are audited by the CEC audit group led by a CEC member to oversee compliance with campaign finance rules. There is no requirement to publish audit results.

(OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, International Election Observation Mission, Kyrgyz Republic, Presidential Election, 15 October 2017, Statement of Preliminary Findings And Conclusions available at http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/kyrgyzstan/350001?download=true accessed February 2018).