51. Is information in reports from political parties and/or candidates to be made public?

Latvia

Latvia

Answer
Yes
Source

Section 9, Law on Financing of Political Organisations (Parties), the amended version of law in force from 01.01.2020, Latvijas Vēstnesis, 114, 02.08.1995

Comment

Section 9. Transparency of Financial and Economic Activities

(1) The financial and economic activities of political organisations (parties) shall be transparent and publicly available.

(2) Any person shall have the right to apply to the Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau and to the relevant political organisation (party) for familiarisation with the annual report, the annual declaration of financial activities, the declaration of expenses during the pre-election period, the statement on the planned election expenses and the declaration of income and expenses of elections thereof.

(3) The declarations and statement referred to in Paragraph two of this Section shall be published in the official gazette Latvijas Vēstnesis and on the Internet according to the procedures stipulated by the Cabinet not later than 10 days after submission thereof.

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