Political Finance Database

Art. 24.2 Political parties may not receive, for whatever purpose, contributions and pecuniary value of non-national natural or legal persons, without prejudice to article 22'
Source: Law of Political Parties, Law No. 2/91, 1991

Art 46.2. 'Direct funding of election campaigns by foreign governments and foreign governmental organizations is prohibited.'

Source Lei nr 3/98

'The law forbids the direct financing of election campaigns by foreign governments or government institutions and allows contributions only from supporters,
candidates and income from electoral activities.'

Source EU EOM Final Report 2009

T'he law forbids the direct financing of election campaigns by foreign governments or government institutions and allows contributions only from supporters,
candidates and income from electoral activities.'

Source EU EOM Final Report 2009

Art 24.1 'Autonomous State bodies, associations of public law, institute and public enterprises, local authorities and legal persons of administrative public utility are not allowed to finance or subsidize political parties.'

Source Lei nr 02/91

ARTICLE 22 (SOURCES OF FUNDING)
1. The activities of political parties shall be financed essentially by:
a) General contributions or quotas of members;
b) Special contributions of the holders of remunerated political positions;
c) Income from own assets and activities;
d) Credits;
e) Donations;
f) Annual allowance granted to political parties with seats in the National People's Congress.'

Sources LEI N.º 2/91

Art 29.3 '3. Public authorities and private legal persons should provide applicants with equal treatment so that they can carry out their campaign freely and in the best possible conditions.
Art 32 'The exercise of political propaganda is prohibited in: a) Military and militarized unit; b) Places of Worship; c) Hospitals and hospitals;
d) Public institutions and work centers during the normal period of operation; e) Teaching institutions during the class period.
Art. 39.1 Obligations of informational publications - 1. Public informational periodicals shall ensure equal treatment of the various applications.

Source Lei nr 3/98

ARTICLE 22 (SOURCES OF FUNDING)
1. The activities of political parties shall be financed essentially by:
a) General contributions or quotas of members;
b) Special contributions of the holders of remunerated political positions;
c) Income from own assets and activities;
d) Credits;
e) Donations;
f) Annual allowance granted to political parties with seats in the National People's Congress.'

Sources LEI N.º 2/91

ARTICLE 22 (SOURCES OF FUNDING)
1. The activities of political parties shall be financed essentially by:
a) General contributions or quotas of members;
b) Special contributions of the holders of remunerated political positions;
c) Income from own assets and activities;
d) Credits;
e) Donations;
f) Annual allowance granted to political parties with seats in the National People's Congress.'

Sources LEI N.º 2/91

ART 37 'Antenna Law 1. Candidates for the office of President of the Republic, Political Parties and Coalitions of Parties competing for legislative elections, have access to the media, namely radio and television, during the period of the electoral campaign: a) Radio: 10 minutes daily; b) Television: 5 minutes daily. 2. The broadcasting times provided for in the preceding paragraph refer to each candidate for the position of President of the Republic and, in the case of the legislative elections, for each Political Party or Coalitions of Parties. 3. In the case of the second round in the presidential elections, each candidate shall have the airtime provided for in paragraph 1.

Source Lei nr 3/98

Art 38 Distribution 1. The distribution of the order of use of the antenna times shall be made by lot by the National Elections Commission, 7 days before the opening of the campaigns. 2. Once the order provided in the previous number has been determined, there will be a daily rotation of the order of antenna usage, so that each candidate has a different time on each day. 3. The use of airtime is free during the election campaign. 4. However, the costs of magnetic recording of broadcast materials shall be borne by the applicants.

Sources Lei nr 39/8

ART 37 'Antenna Law 1. Candidates for the office of President of the Republic, Political Parties and Coalitions of Parties competing for legislative elections, have access to the media, namely radio and television, during the period of the electoral campaign: a) Radio: 10 minutes daily; b) Television: 5 minutes daily. 2. The broadcasting times provided for in the preceding paragraph refer to each candidate for the position of President of the Republic and, in the case of the legislative elections, for each Political Party or Coalitions of Parties. 3. In the case of the second round in the presidential elections, each candidate shall have the airtime provided for in paragraph 1.

Source Lei nr 3/98

ART 26 'BENEFITS TO BE GRANTED BY THE STATE-
1. Political parties shall enjoy the following tax exemptions:
a) Tax for the acquisition of buildings necessary for the installation of its delegation and services by the transmissions resulting from merger or demerger;
b) Tax on successions and donations;
c) Property tax for the taxable income of buildings owned by it where its national headquarters and its provincial, regional or sectoral offices and their services are located;
d) Duties and other customs duties on materials and equipment imported and destined to its first installation.

Sources Lei nr 2/92

ART 165 'Electoral Corruption -Who, to persuade someone to vote or to cease voting on any list, Party, Party Coalition or candidate, offer or promise public or private employment or any equity advantage one or, voters or by agreement with another interposed person, even that the things offered or promised are concealed by way of pecuniary aid to defray expenses of any kind, shall be punished by imprisonment for two to eight years.'

Source Lei nr 3/98

Art 25 ' 1. The political parties shall report annually on the accounts and shall disclose the revenue and expenditure indicating the origin of the former and the application of the latter, as well as the situation of the assets.'

Source Lei nr 2/91

Art 49 'Supervision and Performance of Accounts
1. The entities competing for the elections must, within a maximum period of 30 days after the official proclamation of the results of the ballot, give detailed accounts of their electoral campaign to the National Election Commission and publish them in the Official Gazette.'

Source Lei nr 3/98

Art 49 'Supervision and Performance of Accounts
1. The entities competing for the elections must, within a maximum period of 30 days after the official proclamation of the results of the ballot, give detailed accounts of their electoral campaign to the National Election Commission and publish them in the Official Gazette.'

Source Lei 3/98

Art 25.2 The parties 'accounts are published in the Official Gazette and may be submitted to the accountants' experts by decision of the Supreme Court of Justice.'

Source Lei nr 2/91

Art 49 'Supervision and Performance of Accounts
1. The entities competing for the elections must, within a maximum period of 30 days after the official proclamation of the results of the ballot, give detailed accounts of their electoral campaign to the National Election Commission and publish them in the Official Gazette.'

Source Lei nr 3/98

Art 49 'Supervision and Performance of Accounts
1. The entities competing for the elections must, within a maximum period of 30 days after the official proclamation of the results of the ballot, give detailed accounts of their electoral campaign to the National Election Commission and publish them in the Official Gazette.'

Source Lei nr 3/98

Art 49 'Supervision and Performance of Accounts
1. The entities competing for the elections must, within a maximum period of 30 days after the official proclamation of the results of the ballot, give detailed accounts of their electoral campaign to the National Election Commission and publish them in the Official Gazette.'

Source Lei nr 3/98

Art 49 '2. The National Election Commission must assess within a maximum of 60 days the regularity of revenues and expenses and publish their opinion in the Official Gazette.
3. If the National Electoral Commission finds any irregularities in the accounts, it must notify the respective entity to regularize them within 15 days. On these new accounts should the National Elections Commission, pronounce within ten days.'

Source Lei nr 3/98 

Art 154 'Violation of duties of neutrality and impartiality The holders of organs and agents of the State, legal persons governed by public law, goods in the public domain of public works and public or mixed undertakings which infringe the obligations of neutrality and impartiality before the various candidatures and political parties, shall be punished with imprisonment from six months to two years and a fine of 154,000 to 231,000 FCFA.'

ART 165 'Election Corruption - Any person who, in order to persuade anyone to vote or to cease voting on any list, Party, Party Coalition or candidate, offer or promise public or private employment or any equity advantage, another interposed person, even if the things offered or promised are concealed as pecuniary aid to defray expenses of any kind, shall be punished by imprisonment for two to eight years.'

Art 178 'Non-presentation of Accounts
Failure to submit an accounting, in accordance with article 49, subjects the following sanctions to the following sanctions, without prejudice to any civil and criminal liability: a) Cessation of all subsidies to which the political parties and parliamentary benches are entitled by law , and of any other State support; b) Prohibition of the members of the leadership of the parties to create or integrate other political formations; c) Prohibition to run for future elections of any kind.'

Source Lei nr 3/98