{"id":11178,"date":"2024-11-04T14:38:39","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T13:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uzor.me\/en\/?p=11178"},"modified":"2024-11-04T14:38:41","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T13:38:41","slug":"financial-gymnastics-of-political-parties-misuse-of-womens-funds-without-a-trace-of-accountability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uzor.me\/en\/financial-gymnastics-of-political-parties-misuse-of-womens-funds-without-a-trace-of-accountability\/","title":{"rendered":"Financial Gymnastics of Political Parties \u2013 Misuse of \u201cWomen\u2019s Funds\u201d Without a Trace of Accountability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Funds Exclusively Intended for Women\u2019s Organizations Misused by Political Parties Without Legal Consequences<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Funds that are meant exclusively for the financing of women\u2019s organizations are being used by political parties for fuel, utilities, loans, and various other party needs during election campaigns, without any legal repercussions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is one of the main conclusions of UZOR\u2019s analysis of the Law on the Financing of Political Entities and Election Campaigns<\/em>, titled \u201cFunding of Political Entities and Election Campaigns Under Scrutiny: Challenges and Solutions.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although political parties have been receiving funds since 2020 to systematically empower women to take on significant roles in the country, ambiguities in the current law allow for obstacles to women\u2019s political advancement to be created within their closest surroundings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2024, nearly 700,000 euros are allocated exclusively for financing women\u2019s organizations within political entities and can only be spent in accordance with the statutes of those women\u2019s organizations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the provision aimed at stimulating women\u2019s political engagement lacks sanctions for non-compliance, leaving room for the misuse of \u201cdesignated\u201d funds, posing a risk that they could be used for the regular operations of political parties or during campaigns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given that the existence of a law without adequate sanctions undermines its essence, UZOR recommends that urgent penalties be established for violations of the law to prevent the misuse of \u201cdesignated\u201d funds and ensure that women can progress politically without obstacles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The analysis of the current Law on the Financing of Political Entities and Election Campaigns<\/em> has revealed that, in addition to this issue, there is significant potential for political abuses concerning social welfare payments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore, it is necessary to legally define the terms \u201csocial welfare\u201d and \u201csocial assistance\u201d to eliminate the possibility of discretionary interpretation of such a sensitive provision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is also essential to introduce more transparent and precise control mechanisms for the allocation of these funds, especially in years when local and parliamentary elections are held, where it is stipulated that such payments are only permissible in cases of war, emergency, or during an epidemic or pandemic of infectious diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The complete analysis was prepared by UZOR as part of the project \u201cContributing to the EU Integration Process,\u201d<\/em> implemented in cooperation with the Center for Democratic Transition (CDT) and supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Italy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marko Pejovi\u0107, Program Director of UZOR<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Funds Exclusively Intended for Women\u2019s Organizations Misused by Political Parties Without Legal Consequences Funds that are meant exclusively for the financing of women\u2019s organizations are being used by political parties for fuel, utilities, loans, and various other party needs during election campaigns, without any legal repercussions. This is one of the main conclusions of UZOR\u2019s…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":11179,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vijesti","category-40","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uzor.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uzor.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uzor.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uzor.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uzor.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11178"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uzor.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11180,"href":"https:\/\/uzor.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11178\/revisions\/11180"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uzor.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uzor.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uzor.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uzor.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}