12. Is there a ban on donations from corporations with partial government ownership to candidates?
Lithuania
Answer
Yes
Source
p. 10: 'With respect to the first part of the recommendation, the authorities now report that the PF Law has been further amended to prohibit the funding of political parties and election campaigns by legal persons. According to the amendments, which came into force on 1 January 2012,7 section 7 of the PF Law includes an exhaustive list of permitted funding sources which excludes contributions by legal persons'. (Source: GRECO (2013) Third Evaluation Round, Second Compliance Report on Lithuania ?Incriminations (ETS 173 and 191, GPC 2)? and ?Transparency of Party Funding?)
