Seminar on regulation of election financing held

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The parliamentary Standing committee on state structure and the Embassy of Canada in Mongolia Tuesday co-hosted a seminar themed "Election financing and reforming matter" at the State House. A head of the Standing committee on petitions Ms R.Burmaa made the opening remarks, noting that working groups have been set up to amend the laws on elections and on political parties. These groups mainly aim to refine upon the financing mechanisms including the political financing or election financing, as well as the financing for political campaigns or political parties, she said. She also hoped that Canadian expert will share their experience in these matters. A director of the Implementation Department of Ontario’s Election Committee Mr Jonathan delivered reports themed "Principle of regulating election financing" and "Monitoring and implementation". Mr Jonathan emphasized three principles must be maintained in effectively controlling the election financing. "First, the country must have a central mandated body of regulating the system, second, a legal support. moreover, the monitoring must be based on a strategic risk," he said. The seminar brought together officials and civil society researchers from the working groups, the General Election Commission (GEC) and the Audit Office.