One major ignored question is whether or not political parties and individuals are complying with NEC’s Campaign Finance Regulations (CFR). Unfortunately, the NEC has defaulted on its responsibility to fully enforce this order as well as said provision of the Constitution, including its campaign finance regulations and the publishing of campaign finance reports of political parties. “We are deeply worried about these developments and wish to draw public attention to campaign finance concerns,” Yeakula said. “We also admonish political parties and candidates to conform to the relevant campaign finance regulations of NEC especially those related to mobilization of resources and logistics for campaign and other electoral activities,” he said. Disclosure of campaign finance records from past elections as required by regulations would allow citizens to analyze the funding trends of most political parties, he added.

Source: Daily Observer April 27, 2017 02:48 UTC