Political party financing issues still remain problematic before the elections
Tbilisi. Due to the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information political competitiveness is one of the essential signs of a representative democracy, which mainly is determined by political parties’ financial. In Georgia, the issue of political finances is regulated by various legal acts at the legislative level, among them, the Organic Law of Georgia on Political Unions of Citizens and the Election Code.
“According to the legislation political parties have equal access to financial resources. Nevertheless, in practice, the ruling party's donations exceed the financial resources of the opposition parties. Taking into consideration the fact that obtaining funding from private sources is a challenge for opposition parties and a large part of their revenues comes from state funding, the real competition is not guaranteed in practice”.
Source: idfi.ge
