{"id":15859,"date":"2020-04-08T11:09:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T11:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ndiqparate.al\/?p=15859"},"modified":"2022-04-08T11:13:04","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T11:13:04","slug":"democratic-party-election-funds-and-expenditures-campaign-for-2015-local-elections-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ndiqparate.al\/?p=15859&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Democratic Party, Election Funds and Expenditures, Campaign for 2015 Local Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Open Data Albania is exploring on funding and expenditures made during elections campaign 2015 from the electoral entity, Democratic Party, DP. In this campaign for the local elections, the Democratic Party has been provided with a fund of ALL 81.1 million. In the financial report submitted, DP claims to have spent only 78.8 million ALL, marking so for the first time a surplus of funds of ALL 2 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe width=\"405\" height=\"251\" seamless frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vTMMihhcCZm35QhWj7ObQZlr8ZyQ11UfWwam_BhGpBbBBMVjxZAmOY_dot3jNgCgBgQCsBHOvTtLSnL\/pubchart?oid=1003746299&amp;format=interactive\"><\/iframe><br>\n<p style=\"font-size: 11px;\"><small>Source: http:\/\/www.cec.org.al\/sq-al\/Zgjedhjet\/Zgjedhjet-Vendore\/Zgjedhjet-2015\/Raportet-e-Auditimit-p%C3%ABr-Subjektet-Zgjedhore\n<br>\nComments and analysis: Open Data Albania<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe width=\"600\" height=\"371\" seamless frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vTMMihhcCZm35QhWj7ObQZlr8ZyQ11UfWwam_BhGpBbBBMVjxZAmOY_dot3jNgCgBgQCsBHOvTtLSnL\/pubchart?oid=1503643453&amp;format=interactive\"><\/iframe><br>\n<p style=\"font-size: 11px;\"><small>Source: http:\/\/www.cec.org.al\/sq-al\/Zgjedhjet\/Zgjedhjet-Vendore\/Zgjedhjet-2015\/Raportet-e-Auditimit-p%C3%ABr-Subjektet-Zgjedhore\n<br>\nComments and analysis: Open Data Albania<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Democratic Party has received from the state budget funds amounting to 87.6% from its total election fund. An amount of 12.4% of the total funds, or ALL 10 million were provided by the party&#8217;s own resources. The Democratic Party has not declared that it has received funds from private donors during this elections campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe width=\"600\" height=\"371\" seamless frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vTMMihhcCZm35QhWj7ObQZlr8ZyQ11UfWwam_BhGpBbBBMVjxZAmOY_dot3jNgCgBgQCsBHOvTtLSnL\/pubchart?oid=2006453619&amp;format=interactive\"><\/iframe><br>\n<p style=\"font-size: 11px;\"><small>Source: http:\/\/www.cec.org.al\/sq-al\/Zgjedhjet\/Zgjedhjet-Vendore\/Zgjedhjet-2015\/Raportet-e-Auditimit-p%C3%ABr-Subjektet-Zgjedhore\n<br>\nComments and analysis: Open Data Albania<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Compared with other election campaigns, DP has secured 43% less funds compared with the last campaign of Local Elections 2011, while compared with the parliamentary elections of 2013, 10% more funds were made available to the 2015 elections campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe width=\"600\" height=\"371\" seamless frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vTMMihhcCZm35QhWj7ObQZlr8ZyQ11UfWwam_BhGpBbBBMVjxZAmOY_dot3jNgCgBgQCsBHOvTtLSnL\/pubchart?oid=119339323&amp;format=interactive\"><\/iframe><br>\n<p style=\"font-size: 11px;\"><small>Source: http:\/\/www.cec.org.al\/sq-al\/Zgjedhjet\/Zgjedhjet-Vendore\/Zgjedhjet-2015\/Raportet-e-Auditimit-p%C3%ABr-Subjektet-Zgjedhore\n<br>\nComments and analysis: Open Data Albania<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While concerning expenditures, the Democratic Party has spent less compared with other electoral campaigns since 2009. Expenditures in 2015 campaign were 57% less compared with expenditures in past local elections, which is a great difference. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe width=\"600\" height=\"371\" seamless frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vTMMihhcCZm35QhWj7ObQZlr8ZyQ11UfWwam_BhGpBbBBMVjxZAmOY_dot3jNgCgBgQCsBHOvTtLSnL\/pubchart?oid=933505908&amp;format=interactive\"><\/iframe><br>\n<p style=\"font-size: 11px;\"><small>Source: http:\/\/www.cec.org.al\/sq-al\/Zgjedhjet\/Zgjedhjet-Vendore\/Zgjedhjet-2015\/Raportet-e-Auditimit-p%C3%ABr-Subjektet-Zgjedhore\n<br>\nComments and analysis: Open Data Albania<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The figures are based on self-declarations and accounts submitted for audit to the Accounting Expert appointed by lot from the Central Election Commission.\u00a0 Election expenditures made by electoral entities in the field during 2015 election campaign were not investigated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<b>Download excel:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/ndiqparate.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Copy-of-Donator-te-regjistruar-ne-Fushaten-Zgjedhore-21-qershor-2015-EN-1.xls\">Democratic Party, Election Funds and Expenditures, Campaign for 2015 Local Elections<\/a><br>\n<b>Comments and Analysis:<\/b> Open Data Albania<br> \nContributed by: Olta Begu \n<style>\np{\ntext-align: justify !important;\n}\n<\/style>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Open Data Albania is exploring on funding and expenditures made during elections campaign 2015 from the electoral entity, Democratic Party, DP. In this campaign for the local elections, the Democratic Party has been provided with a fund of ALL 81.1 million. In the financial report submitted, DP claims to have spent only 78.8 million ALL, marking so for the first time a surplus of funds&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15852,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[493,62,57],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ndiqparate.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Data.Al_-PD-Fonde-dhe-Shpenzime-PD-21-Maj-21-Qershor-2015.png?fit=600%2C371&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24103,"url":"https:\/\/ndiqparate.al\/?p=24103&lang=en","url_meta":{"origin":15859,"position":0},"title":"TENDERS AWARDED TO BISINESSES OWNED BY POLTICALLY EXPOSED PERSONS (PES)","date":"May 8, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Over the past three years, a consistent pattern of flagged tenders has emerged, with businesses associated with or owned by politically exposed persons (PEPs) or individuals with conflicts of interest securing awarding contracts \ud83d\udea9 These arguments have been officially documented in the 2023 Annual Report of the Special Anti-Corruption and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;ODA in Press Releases&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/ndiqparate.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/opa.jpg?fit=800%2C400&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":24145,"url":"https:\/\/ndiqparate.al\/?p=24145&lang=en","url_meta":{"origin":15859,"position":1},"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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