Country:
				
		
			Belarus
	    
	        	Organization:
				
		
			Belarusian Helsinki Committee
		
	        	Year:
				
		
			2019
		
	        	Election Type:
				
		
			Parliamentary
	        
	        	Recommending Organization:
				
	
	
	Coalition of organizations
	        
	        	Primary Thematic Area:
				
		
		
		    	Campaign financing
	        
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			Campaign finance regulations
	        
	        	Secondary Thematic Area:
				
		
		    	Campaign
	        
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				Campaign materials
	        
	        	Recommendation:
				
		
		The Electoral Code allows the CEC to independently administer the state budget funds for the production of information leaflets with the general information about the candidates, instead of financing their expenses of printed campaign materials. This has led to the low activity of most 34 candidates in the production of campaign materials. Therefore, it is necessary to formalize in legislation the public funding of candidates’ costs related to the manufacture of printed campaign advertising. It is necessary to provide for the possibility of opening special funds from the date of registration of nominations groups to cover the costs of collecting signatures in support of nomination, by analogy to the presidential election.
	        
	        	Action required:
				
		
		Legal change
	        
	        	Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
				
		
		High
	        
	        	Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
				
		
		Parliament
	        
	        	Implementation Status:
				
		
			Not implemented
	        
	        	Repeated implementation:
				
			
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