58. IN PRACTICE: Have campaign finance reports submitted by political parties and/or candidates in the last election been made publicly available?

'Yet, only some 14 out of 1004 candidates (less than 2 per cent) have submitted accounts to date and the NEC did not make their reports available for public consultation as demanded by the law. Although having the mandate to apply penalties in case of non-submission of financial statements17, the NEC has not imposed any sanctions so far, further contributing to an already low level of enforcement.' Source EU EOM Preliminary state 28/12/2017