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

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Answer
  • Share of seats in previous election
  • Registration as a political party
Source

Political Parties Law No. (36) for the year 2015, Article -44 - The Department of Parties undertakes to distribute the total amount of financial aid to political parties according to the following percentages:

First: (20%) twenty percent equally for registered political parties in accordance with the provisions of this law.

Second: (80%) eighty percent of the parties represented in the House of Representatives according to the number of seats won by their candidates in the parliamentary elections.

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