29. What are the eligibility criteria for political parties to receive public funding?
Tajikistan
Art 15:
State authority bodies of the Republic of Tajikistan render support the registered political party:
-providing the equal access to state mass media;
-ensuring equality of opportunities for holding election campaigns.
In case of suspension of party's activities in accordance with the provisions of article 21 of this Law, the government support will be temporary suspended.
In case of the ban on political party activities, from the date of the decision of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Tajikistan on banning party's activity, the government support will be stopped.
(Law of the Republic of Tajikistan on Political Parties, 1998, available at http://base.mmk.tj/view_sanadhoview.php?showdetail=&sanadID=58, accessed January 2018).