56. Which institution(s) is responsible for examining financial reports and/or investigating violations?

The Ethiopian Electoral and Political Parties Proclamation No…/2019

82. Auditor of Political Party

1. Every political party must keep properly its income, expenditure and assets and liabilities records and documents. The Board will issue a directive to determine the titles and details that these documents must contain.

2. Unless stated otherwise in this Proclamation, every political party shall commission within three months of the end of the budget year, an external auditor whose professional competency approved by the mandated body, a financial expert who has taken a professional oath, or board appointed auditor to conduct a review of its finances and submit to the Board an audit report .

105. Books of Account of Political Party

[...] The Federal Auditor General may at any time inspect political parties concerning the utilization of the government support funds.

116. Right of an Election Observers

1. A representative of an organization who is issued with an election observation accreditation has the right to monitor the election process and request and obtain appropriate information. The observers have the right to look at elections material and observer the voting and counting process.