62. What other institutions have a formal role in political finance oversight?

The Minister of Interior and Municipalities (hereinafter referred to as the “Minister”) oversees the work of the SCEC, and his Ministry is responsible for large parts of the organisation of elections in Lebanon. Apart from his role in the work of the SCEC described above, the Minister also suggests the level of the variable part of the candidate spending limit, which is then decreed by the Council of Ministers (Article 57). The Constitutional Commission is established through Article 19 of the 1923 Constitution of Lebanon. However, although the law on the Council being amended in late 2008, its membership was not complete until the end of May 2009, less than two weeks before the elections. The Council takes decisions on challenges against the election of candidates in accordance with the Law on the Establishment of the Constitutional Council. In the case of a challenge, the Council will contact the SCEC which will submit its report on the financial activities and statement submitted by the candidate in question. In brief, the roles of the various institutions in the field of political finance can be illustrated through the below tables.'

Source Ifes, The Political Finance Framework in Lebanon, 2009