49. IN PRACTICE: What proportion of total spending reported to the oversight agency in relation to the last campaign period was spent on media by the two presidential candidates gaining the most votes?

X. CAMPAIGN FINANCE

The PEL guarantees equal public campaign financing for all candidates, but does not address issues relevant for transparent and accountable campaign finance, such as timely reporting on campaign funds and expenditures or oversight of campaign finance. Prior to the election, the CCER introduced regulations requiring candidates to provide a financial report on the public funds received from the CCER. However, the reports were not required to be made public nor were the CCER obliged to audit the reports. The lack of information available for public scrutiny and the absence of audits limited the transparency and accountability of campaign finance.

(Source: OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission Final Report, Presidential Election, 6 November 2013, Republic of Tajikistan, available at http://www.osce.org/odihr/110986?download=true accessed January 2018).