12. Is there a ban on donations from corporations with partial government ownership to candidates?
Kazakhstan
Art 34 (1; 3) '1. Pre-election campaigns of candidates on Elections of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan and elections of deputies of Parliament and deputies of Maslikhats can be funded from the election funds formed in compliance with the procedure established by the present Constitutional Act. [...]3. The election funds are formed of the following sources: 1) Personal funds of candidates in deputies of the electoral districts, the funds of political parties; 2) The means allocated to the candidate by the Republican public association that has nominated the candidate; 3) Voluntary donations of citizens and organizations of the Republic. The voluntary donations of the state bodies and organizations, local self-administration bodies, charitable organizations, religious associations, the Kazakhstan juridical persons having foreign participation in their charter capital and also anonymous donations of natural and legal persons are forbidden.'(Source: Constitutional Act of the Republic of Kazakhstan, On Elections in the Republic of Kazakhstan, 1995)
