47. Do political parties have to report regularly on their finances?

Art 126 ‘( Income and Expenses Accounting ) Each presidential candidate, political party, coalition or list proposed by a citizens group shall proceed to the accounting for all revenue and expenditure the submission of applications and with the electoral campaign, indicating precisely their origin and their subject matter, as well as the documents of the respective releases.’

Art 129 ‘(Provision of electoral accounts) Within ninety days of the proclamation of of the election results, each presidential candidate, political party, coalition or proposed list of group of citizens provides detailed accounts of their candidacy and election campaign to the National Commission of Elections.’

(Source Codigo Eleitoral 2010)