25. Is there a ban on candidates taking loans in relation to election campaigns?

Article 8, Law on funding of, and control over funding of, political campaigns, as last amended on 28 November 2019 No XIII-2566.

Political campaigns of other independent political campaign participants (other than political parties) shall be financed from: 1) donations of natural persons who under the law have the right to donate and donations of political parties to candidates, lists of candidates or referendum initiators, or referendum opponents; 2) own (personal) funds; 3) interest on the funds kept in the political campaign account.

It is prohibited to finance political campaigns of other independent political campaign participants with other funds which are not specified in the law.