29. What are the eligibility criteria for political parties to receive public funding?

Political Party Law NO. 66 (1991), Article 19:

"The total amount of government subsidy mentioned in the above article is

divided among the parties and political organizations as follows:

(a) (25%) in equal amounts to all parties and political organizations which are represented in

the House of Representatives.

(b) (75%) to the rest of the parties and political organizations according to the number of

votes their candidates obtained in the election for the House of Representatives. A p arty

or political organization is not entitled to a share of this amount if the total number of

votes its candidates got was less than (5%) of the total votes."