Comparative Analysis of the Governmental Apparatus expenses on election years. February – April 2013 vs. 2012

Author : Open Data Albania Date : September 30, 2013

Open Data Albania is exploring data on the transactions conducted by the State Treasury in an election year versus an earlier ordinary year. Data are explored in a comparative analysis to see if there are changes and specified expenses in a year where the ruling political forces engage in electioneering. The data are compared to the corresponding quarter February 1 to April 30, 2012 versus…

The Democratic Party – 2009 Electoral Funds and Expenses

Author : Open Data Albania Date : September 27, 2013

The Democratic Party of Albania is one of the parliamentary political parties competing in the 2009 Parliamentary Elections. DP has submitted for auditing comprehensive balance sheets of its collected and spent funds after the completion of the election process. The electoral finances of this political party consist in public and non-public funds and also in the electoral subject?s own funds. During the 2009 electoral campaign,…

Outstanding financial obligations of political parties participating in the 2009 electoral campaign

Author : Open Data Albania Date : September 26, 2013

Open Data Albania has conducted a research into the companies and individuals, who have supplied services during the electoral campaign without being financially compensated for the same. The research presents the indebted subjects, the uncompensated companies or individuals, and the respective values of uncompensated services. The subjects that have not been compensated for the services rendered are mainly media companies that have provided the political…

Electoral funds by type of financing – 2009 Electoral Campaign

Author : Open Data Albania Date : September 26, 2013

Open Data Albania is providing for a summary accounting balance sheet of the Funds from the 2009 Electoral Campaign. Official data taken from the reports of certified accountants are used in order to assess the various types of electoral financing. In 2009, 34 political parties have registered with the Central Election Commission as electoral subjects. There are only 11 parliamentary parties out of the total…

Central Election Commission violates the Electoral Code concerning Financing of Electoral Subjects

Author : Open Data Albania Date : September 17, 2013

Legal and administrative irregularities in appointing the Auditing Experts After publishing the data about the electoral expenditures for the two last campaigns, Open Data Albania, in an effort to ensure as much transparency as possible over the official data concerning the 2013 Electoral Campaign, found certain violations of the law in the organization of work by the Central Election Commission (CEC). Such violations have led…

Ministry of Finances Censures the State Treasure Public Data

Author : Open Data Albania Date : September 17, 2013

In the name of the principles of Journalism for Public Information, I would like to share with you a concern over a recent case of State Treasure Public Data being censured. The Albanian Government is obliged by law and by the respective secondary legislation acts to ensure transparency over every single detail about the way that the Albanian taxpayers’ money and monetary public assets are…