TI BiH starts with monitoring of election campaign

Transparency International Bosnia and Herzegovina (TI BiH), along with the ofifcial beginning of the electoral campaign starts with its monitoring of the campaign. During the campaign period, with support of agency for monitoring and media analysis, TI BiH will monitor quantity and the type of advertisements for political parties in electronic and print media, as well as amount of funds parties spend on their campaigns.

Monitoring of election campaign will include the sample of ten political parties: Stranka demokratske akcije (SDA), Stranka za BiH, Stranka za bolju budućnost (SBB), Socijaldemokratska partija BiH (SDP), Hrvatska demokratska zajednica BiH (HDZ), Hrvatska demokratska zajednica 1990. (HDZ 1990), Savez nezavisnih socijaldemokrata (SNSD), Srpska demokratska stranka (SDP), Partija demokratskog progresa RS (PDP RS) and Demokratska partija (DP).

TI BiH will monitor and frequently inform the public about the amount of funds that were spent by these ten political parties during the election campaign, and at the very end, compare this data with official financial report that parties submit toCentral Election Commission.

During the campaign, TI BiH will also continue with its regular monitoring of all the election promotion irregularities and abuse by parties, in order to provide as many information as possible to the voters, so that they can hold parties accountable for their actions

TI BiHonce again appeals to political parties to be more accountable and transparent towards their voters and also to show willingness and competence for improvements in the area of political party financing.