The chairwoman of Estonia’s Political Party Funding Supervision Committee (ERJK), Liisa Oviir, has criticised the lack of progress on proposed amendments to the law on political parties, ERR reports. The amendments would expand the committee’s powers to supervise the financing of non-party organisations affiliated with political parties. Despite assurances from previous ministers of justice that the amendments were a priority, the draft bill has stalled and is unlikely to be implemented before the local elections in 2025. Earlier, ERJK found that several parties had received prohibited donations through free consultation services from the Liberal Citizen Foundation (SALK) during the 2023 elections.
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