{"id":10435,"date":"2018-02-19T17:02:44","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T17:02:44","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2018-02-19T17:02:44","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T17:02:44","slug":"socialist-party-incomes-and-expenditures-for-its-2017-electoral-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ndiqparate.al\/?p=10435&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Socialist Party Incomes and Expenditures for its 2017 Electoral Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Open Data Albania is investigating into the incomes and expenditures of the Socialist Party for its 2017 electoral campaign. The information is extracted from the <a href=\"\/uploadserise\/skedaret\/AuditReport_Audit_Report_PS.pdf\">audit report prepared by independent experts<\/a>. The final audit report provides well-organized and comprehensive information about the party incomes and expenditures. Such reports are compiled by members of the Institute of Certified Accountants in compliance with the requirements of the Electoral Code of the Republic of Albania (Law No. 10019, dated 29. 12. 2008, as amended) and Law No. 8580, dated 17. 02. 2000 on Political Parties, as amended. The political parties running in these elections were required to declare their expenditures for their electoral campaign covering a period from the date on which the election date was announced. In the case of the general elections of June 25th, this was 5 December 2016.\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"> \n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Socialist Party has declared to have had 93 882 849 lek\u00eb of incomes and 100 884 855 lek\u00eb of expenditures. Both in the case of incomes and expenditures, the party has declared not only those in cash, but also those made in kind. These include services offered by donors and accepted for free by the beneficiary.&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"> \n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the audit report, the incomes of this party were 93 882 849 lek\u00eb in total.&nbsp; They include: funds from the state budget, party\u2019s self-generated funds, and donations.\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"> \n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Socialist Party incomes for its 2017 electoral campaign (5 December &#8211; 25 June 2017) in ALL<\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><iframe width=\"600\" height=\"106\" seamless=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vRAVpB5P9tUXGQtojYXepZ5B3WFccNMWr7M76raLkw2L5NpI2f72jK_fqaJRMJodwyHS9sBsWHVs-m6\/pubchart?oid=1790302086&amp;format=interactive\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div><sub>Source: <a href=\"\/uploadserise\/skedaret\/AuditReport_Audit_Report_PS.pdf\">Report of the Independent Auditor on the 2017 Electoral Campaign of the Socialist Party of Albania<\/a><\/sub>\n  <\/div>\n<div><sub>Comments and Analysis: ODA<\/sub>\n  <\/div>\n<div><iframe width=\"600\" height=\"371\" seamless=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vRAVpB5P9tUXGQtojYXepZ5B3WFccNMWr7M76raLkw2L5NpI2f72jK_fqaJRMJodwyHS9sBsWHVs-m6\/pubchart?oid=354958688&amp;format=interactive\"><\/iframe>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div><sub>Source:&nbsp;<a href=\"\/uploadserise\/skedaret\/AuditReport_Audit_Report_PS.pdf\">Report of the Independent Auditor on the 2017 Electoral Campaign of the Socialist Party of Albania<\/a><\/sub>\n  <\/div>\n<div><sub>Comments and Analysis: ODA<\/sub>\n  <\/div>\n<div><sub><br \/><\/sub>\n  <\/div>\n<div>\n<div>The Socialist Party declares to have received 28 044 942 lek\u00eb from the <a href=\"http:\/\/spending.data.al\/sq\/treasury\/list\/year\/2015\/perf_id\/PARTIASOCIALISTEESHQIPERISE%2528PSSH%2529\">state budget<\/a>. It also declares to have spent 56 624 633 lek\u00eb from its self-generated funds, and to have benefitted 9 213 274 lek\u00eb before the electoral period.<\/p><\/div>\n<div>The party\u2019s self-generated funds are reported to include membership fees paid directly to the account of Socialist Assemblies at the municipality level. This amount to 22 373 758 lek\u00eb. The membership fees paid to the central party seat before the campaign, on the other hand,&nbsp; &nbsp;amount to 15 800 000 lek\u00eb. The reported party incomes include also donations made from 5 December until 25 May. These donations, however, are considered as donations made for the respective year, as long as they are made before the start of the 30-days electoral campaign. SP has received 14 million lek\u00eb from fourteen donors, who have also signed a document of no-conflict of interest.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div> \n  <\/div>\n<div><b>Funds generated by the Socialist Party for its 2017 campaign (in ALL)<\/b>\n  <\/div>\n<div><iframe width=\"600\" height=\"119.5\" seamless=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vRAVpB5P9tUXGQtojYXepZ5B3WFccNMWr7M76raLkw2L5NpI2f72jK_fqaJRMJodwyHS9sBsWHVs-m6\/pubchart?oid=1762568490&amp;format=interactive\"><\/iframe>\n  <\/div>\n<div>\n<div><sub>Source:&nbsp;<a href=\"\/uploadserise\/skedaret\/AuditReport_Audit_Report_PS.pdf\">Report of the Independent Auditor on the 2017 Electoral Campaign of the Socialist Party of Albania<\/a><\/sub>\n    <\/div>\n<div><sub>Comments and Analysis: ODA<\/sub>\n    <\/div>\n<div><sub><br \/><\/sub>\n    <\/div>\n<div><sub><iframe width=\"600\" height=\"371\" seamless=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vRAVpB5P9tUXGQtojYXepZ5B3WFccNMWr7M76raLkw2L5NpI2f72jK_fqaJRMJodwyHS9sBsWHVs-m6\/pubchart?oid=1035331375&amp;format=interactive\"><\/iframe><\/sub>\n    <\/div>\n<div>\n<div><sub>Source:&nbsp;<a href=\"\/uploadserise\/skedaret\/AuditReport_Audit_Report_PS.pdf\">Report of the Independent Auditor on the 2017 Electoral Campaign of the Socialist Party of Albania<\/a><\/sub>\n      <\/div>\n<div><sub>Comments and Analysis: ODA<\/sub>\n      <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div><sub><br \/><\/sub>\n    <\/div>\n<div><b>Non-electoral donors of more than 100 000 lek\u00eb each, contribution for the electoral campaign<\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<div><sub><iframe width=\"600\" height=\"286.5\" seamless=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vRAVpB5P9tUXGQtojYXepZ5B3WFccNMWr7M76raLkw2L5NpI2f72jK_fqaJRMJodwyHS9sBsWHVs-m6\/pubchart?oid=1423998040&amp;format=interactive\"><\/iframe><\/sub>\n    <\/div>\n<div>\n<div><sub>Source:&nbsp;<a href=\"\/uploadserise\/skedaret\/AuditReport_Audit_Report_PS.pdf\">Report of the Independent Auditor on the 2017 Electoral Campaign of the Socialist Party of Albania<\/a><\/sub>\n      <\/div>\n<div><sub>Comments and Analysis: ODA<\/sub>\n      <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div><sub><br \/><\/sub>\n    <\/div>\n<div><sub><iframe width=\"600\" height=\"371\" seamless=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vRAVpB5P9tUXGQtojYXepZ5B3WFccNMWr7M76raLkw2L5NpI2f72jK_fqaJRMJodwyHS9sBsWHVs-m6\/pubchart?oid=434601799&amp;format=interactive\"><\/iframe><\/sub>\n    <\/div>\n<div>\n<div><sub>Source:&nbsp;<a href=\"\/uploadserise\/skedaret\/AuditReport_Audit_Report_PS.pdf\">Report of the Independent Auditor on the 2017 Electoral Campaign of the Socialist Party of Albania<\/a><\/sub>\n      <\/div>\n<div><sub>Comments and Analysis: ODA<\/sub>\n      <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div><sub><br \/><\/sub>\n    <\/div>\n<div>The party declares to have received a total of 9 213 274 lek\u00eb of donations for its 2017 electoral campaign. They include cash and in kind donations, i.e. goods or services offered for free. Cash donations amount to 5 102 000 lek\u00eb, while those in kind amount to 4 111 274 lek\u00eb.<\/p><\/div>\n<div> \n    <\/div>\n<div>\n<div><b>Incomes from donors for electoral purposes(in ALL)<\/b>\n      <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div><iframe width=\"600\" height=\"100\" seamless=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"font-size: 9pt;\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vRAVpB5P9tUXGQtojYXepZ5B3WFccNMWr7M76raLkw2L5NpI2f72jK_fqaJRMJodwyHS9sBsWHVs-m6\/pubchart?oid=1034324868&amp;format=interactive\"><\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div>\n<div><sub>Source:&nbsp;<a href=\"\/uploadserise\/skedaret\/AuditReport_Audit_Report_PS.pdf\">Report of the Independent Auditor on the 2017 Electoral Campaign of the Socialist Party of Albania<\/a><\/sub>\n      <\/div>\n<div><sub>Comments and Analysis: ODA<\/sub>\n      <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div><sub><br \/><\/sub>\n    <\/div>\n<div>Office rent represents the largest share of in kind contributions both in the Municipality of Tirana and others. This donation for Tirana is declared to have been in the amount of 1 556 000 lek\u00eb.<\/p><\/div>\n<div> \n    <\/div>\n<div><b>Donations for electoral purposes in kind&nbsp; (other than financial measures) by type<\/b><b style=\"font-size: 9pt;\">(in ALL)<\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<div><iframe width=\"600\" height=\"100\" seamless=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vRAVpB5P9tUXGQtojYXepZ5B3WFccNMWr7M76raLkw2L5NpI2f72jK_fqaJRMJodwyHS9sBsWHVs-m6\/pubchart?oid=1115703104&amp;format=interactive\"><\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div>\n<div><sub>Source:&nbsp;<a href=\"\/uploadserise\/skedaret\/AuditReport_Audit_Report_PS.pdf\">Report of the Independent Auditor on the 2017 Electoral Campaign of the Socialist Party of Albania<\/a><\/sub>\n      <\/div>\n<div><sub>Comments and Analysis: ODA<\/sub>\n      <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div><sub><br \/><\/sub>\n    <\/div>\n<div>The total amount of incomes and expenditures for the Socialist Party is declared to have been 100 884 855 lek\u00eb. These expenditures are considered as paid or unpaid during the reporting period. The amount of unpaid expenditures is larger than the paid one.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n<div> \n    <\/div>\n<div><iframe width=\"600\" height=\"100\" seamless=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vRAVpB5P9tUXGQtojYXepZ5B3WFccNMWr7M76raLkw2L5NpI2f72jK_fqaJRMJodwyHS9sBsWHVs-m6\/pubchart?oid=1142785245&amp;format=interactive\"><\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div>\n<div><sub>Source:&nbsp;<a href=\"\/uploadserise\/skedaret\/AuditReport_Audit_Report_PS.pdf\">Report of the Independent Auditor on the 2017 Electoral Campaign of the Socialist Party of Albania<\/a><\/sub>\n      <\/div>\n<div><sub>Comments and Analysis: ODA<\/sub>\n      <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div><sub><br \/><\/sub>\n    <\/div>\n<div>In fact, one of the unpaid expenses is the one for TV advertising on Top Channel. Unlike other parties, SP has not declared to have received in kind contributions from media companies.<\/p><\/div>\n<div> \n    <\/div>\n<div><iframe width=\"600\" height=\"371\" seamless=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vRAVpB5P9tUXGQtojYXepZ5B3WFccNMWr7M76raLkw2L5NpI2f72jK_fqaJRMJodwyHS9sBsWHVs-m6\/pubchart?oid=452521176&amp;format=interactive\"><\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div><sub><br \/><\/sub>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><sub>Source:&nbsp;<a href=\"\/uploadserise\/skedaret\/AuditReport_Audit_Report_PS.pdf\">Report of the Independent Auditor on the 2017 Electoral Campaign of the Socialist Party of Albania<\/a><\/sub>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><sub>Comments and Analysis: ODA<\/sub>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><sub><br \/><\/sub>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">SP paid expenditures include TV advertising, campaign opening and closing events, flags, T-shirts, bracelets, consultancy services, office rent, meeting room rent, and other administrative expenses (transport, car rent, tax, per diems, and telephone bills).\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"> \n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><iframe width=\"600\" height=\"166.5\" seamless=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vRAVpB5P9tUXGQtojYXepZ5B3WFccNMWr7M76raLkw2L5NpI2f72jK_fqaJRMJodwyHS9sBsWHVs-m6\/pubchart?oid=363000861&amp;format=interactive\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div><sub>Source:&nbsp;<a href=\"\/uploadserise\/skedaret\/AuditReport_Audit_Report_PS.pdf\">Report of the Independent Auditor on the 2017 Electoral Campaign of the Socialist Party of Albania<\/a><\/sub>\n  <\/div>\n<div><sub>Comments and Analysis: ODA<\/sub>\n  <\/div>\n<div><sub><br \/><\/sub>\n  <\/div>\n<div><iframe width=\"600\" height=\"371\" seamless=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vRAVpB5P9tUXGQtojYXepZ5B3WFccNMWr7M76raLkw2L5NpI2f72jK_fqaJRMJodwyHS9sBsWHVs-m6\/pubchart?oid=2136797650&amp;format=interactive\"><\/iframe>\n  <\/div>\n<div>\n<div><sub>Source:&nbsp;<a href=\"\/uploadserise\/skedaret\/AuditReport_Audit_Report_PS.pdf\">Report of the Independent Auditor on the 2017 Electoral Campaign of the Socialist Party of Albania<\/a><\/sub>\n    <\/div>\n<div><sub>Comments and Analysis: ODA<\/sub>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div><sub><br \/><\/sub>\n  <\/div>\n<div>Parties have also declared expenses for consultancy services during the campaign. Such exenses are made based on service contracts with two companies, i.e. Ballard Partners for 14 253 000 Lek\u00eb and Synclab LLC for 2 012 250 lek\u00eb.<\/p><\/div>\n<div> \n  <\/div>\n<div><iframe width=\"600\" height=\"100\" seamless=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vRAVpB5P9tUXGQtojYXepZ5B3WFccNMWr7M76raLkw2L5NpI2f72jK_fqaJRMJodwyHS9sBsWHVs-m6\/pubchart?oid=1531606309&amp;format=interactive\"><\/iframe>\n  <\/div>\n<div>\n<div><sub>Source:&nbsp;<a href=\"\/uploadserise\/skedaret\/AuditReport_Audit_Report_PS.pdf\">Report of the Independent Auditor on the 2017 Electoral Campaign of the Socialist Party of Albania<\/a><\/sub>\n    <\/div>\n<div><sub>Comments and Analysis: ODA<\/sub>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div><sub><br \/><\/sub>\n  <\/div>\n<div>\n<div>No discrepancies are found between the figures reported by the SP to the Central Election Commission online in compliance with the law (legal package of amendments made in May 2017) and those found in its audit report prepared by the Institute of Certified Accountants expert.\n    <\/div>\n<div>The structure of expenditures and expenses made for the electoral campaign is available on the <a href=\"\/sq\/lajme\/lajm\/id\/2011\/Lista-e-Donatoreve-per-fushaten-zgjedhore-2017-shume-mbi-100-mije-leke\">2017 Electoral Spending<\/a> section on the Open Data Albania portal. The same portal offers also information about the incomes and expenditures of this party in previous elections, including those held in <a href=\"\/sq\/lajme\/kat\/kid\/85\/titulli\/Shpenzime%20Elektorale%202015\">2015<\/a>, <a href=\"\/sq\/lajme\/kat\/kid\/82\/titulli\/Shpenzime%20Elektorale%202013\">2013<\/a>, <a href=\"\/sq\/lajme\/kat\/kid\/81\/titulli\/Shpenzime%20Elektorale%202011\">2011<\/a>, and <a href=\"\/sq\/lajme\/kat\/kid\/83\/titulli\/Shpenzime%20Elektorale%202009\">2009<\/a>.\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Open Data Albania is investigating into the incomes and expenditures of the Socialist Party for its 2017 electoral campaign. The information is extracted from the audit report prepared by independent experts. The final audit report provides well-organized and comprehensive information about the party incomes and expenditures. Such reports are compiled by members of the Institute of Certified Accountants in compliance with the requirements of the&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24145,"url":"https:\/\/ndiqparate.al\/?p=24145&lang=en","url_meta":{"origin":10435,"position":0},"title":"Electoral Reform Must Begin with Clear Rules on Campaign and Political Party Financing","date":"May 20, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"This was the main message highlighted in Inside Story on Top Channel, aired during the final week of the May 2025 electoral campaign. 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