{"id":9984,"date":"2016-02-06T13:05:55","date_gmt":"2016-02-06T13:05:55","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2022-05-06T12:20:49","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T12:20:49","slug":"socialist-party-funds-and-expenditures-for-local-election-campaign-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ndiqparate.al\/?p=9984&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Socialist Party, Funds and Expenditures for Local Election Campaign 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"justify\">Open Data Albania is carrying out investigations on electoral funds and expenditures used during election campaign of 2015 by the electoral entity, the Socialist Party (SP). In this campaign for the local elections, SP has been provided a fund of ALL 9.3 million. In the financial report that was submitted, SP claims to have spent ALL 109.7 million, indicating so that the funds had been exceed by ALL 17 million.<br><iframe width=\"630\" height=\"371\" frameborder=\"0\" seamless=\"\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1YF2uRoUd8ui27i5NDBqkw2xgbOUMtCrOTjf8Wp-mZB0\/pubchart?oid=594675997&amp;format=interactive\"><\/iframe><br><sup>Source:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cec.org.al\/sq-al\/Zgjedhjet\/Zgjedhjet-Vendore\/Zgjedhjet-2015\/Raportet-e-Auditimit-p%C3%ABr-Subjektet-Zgjedhore\">http:\/\/www.cec.org.al\/sq-al\/Zgjedhjet\/Zgjedhjet-Vendore\/Zgjedhjet-2015\/Raportet-e-Auditimit-p%C3%ABr-Subjektet-Zgjedhore<\/a><br>Comments&nbsp; and analysis: ODA<p><\/p>\n<p><b>Socialist Party, Funds and Expenditures for Local Election Campaign 2015<\/b><sup><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Value in ALL<br><iframe width=\"623.5\" height=\"145.5\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1YF2uRoUd8ui27i5NDBqkw2xgbOUMtCrOTjf8Wp-mZB0\/pubchart?oid=383240348&amp;format=interactive\"><\/iframe><br><sup>Source:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cec.org.al\/sq-al\/Zgjedhjet\/Zgjedhjet-Vendore\/Zgjedhjet-2015\/Raportet-e-Auditimit-p%C3%ABr-Subjektet-Zgjedhore\">http:\/\/www.cec.org.al\/sq-al\/Zgjedhjet\/Zgjedhjet-Vendore\/Zgjedhjet-2015\/Raportet-e-Auditimit-p%C3%ABr-Subjektet-Zgjedhore<\/a><br>Comments&nbsp; and analysis: ODA<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>The Socialist Party of Albania has benefited from the state budget an amount of ALL 18 million or 19.55% of its total electoral fund. Private donations for this party amounted to ALL 18.5 million. On the other hand, SP claims that 60.5%, that is ALL 56.1 million were from its own funds.<br><iframe width=\"630\" height=\"371\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1YF2uRoUd8ui27i5NDBqkw2xgbOUMtCrOTjf8Wp-mZB0\/pubchart?oid=928427625&amp;format=interactive\"><\/iframe><br><sup>Source:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cec.org.al\/sq-al\/Zgjedhjet\/Zgjedhjet-Vendore\/Zgjedhjet-2015\/Raportet-e-Auditimit-p%C3%ABr-Subjektet-Zgjedhore\">http:\/\/www.cec.org.al\/sq-al\/Zgjedhjet\/Zgjedhjet-Vendore\/Zgjedhjet-2015\/Raportet-e-Auditimit-p%C3%ABr-Subjektet-Zgjedhore<\/a><br>Comments&nbsp; and analysis: ODA<br><\/sup><br>The Socialist Party has not recorded donations with a value of less than 100 thousand euro and it hasn?t declared gifts in the form of services, or material goods, which in accounting terms are called as gifts in kind. Twenty-five donors have donated an amount of over 100 thousand euro and the total value of donations run at ALL 18.5 million.<br><b><br>SPA, Structure of Donations, Campaign 2015<br><\/b><br><sup>Value in ALL \/ %<\/sup><br><iframe width=\"630\" height=\"198.5\" frameborder=\"0\" seamless=\"\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1YF2uRoUd8ui27i5NDBqkw2xgbOUMtCrOTjf8Wp-mZB0\/pubchart?oid=946300730&amp;format=interactive\"><\/iframe><br><sup><br>Source:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cec.org.al\/sq-al\/Zgjedhjet\/Zgjedhjet-Vendore\/Zgjedhjet-2015\/Raportet-e-Auditimit-p%C3%ABr-Subjektet-Zgjedhore\">http:\/\/www.cec.org.al\/sq-al\/Zgjedhjet\/Zgjedhjet-Vendore\/Zgjedhjet-2015\/Raportet-e-Auditimit-p%C3%ABr-Subjektet-Zgjedhore<\/a><br>Comments&nbsp; and analysis: ODA<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><b>List of Donors<\/b><sup><br><\/sup><br><sup>Value in ALL<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"629.5\" height=\"583.5\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1YF2uRoUd8ui27i5NDBqkw2xgbOUMtCrOTjf8Wp-mZB0\/pubchart?oid=207694125&amp;format=interactive\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cec.org.al\/sq-al\/Zgjedhjet\/Zgjedhjet-Vendore\/Zgjedhjet-2015\/Raportet-e-Auditimit-p%C3%ABr-Subjektet-Zgjedhore\">http:\/\/www.cec.org.al\/sq-al\/Zgjedhjet\/Zgjedhjet-Vendore\/Zgjedhjet-2015\/Raportet-e-Auditimit-p%C3%ABr-Subjektet-Zgjedhore<\/a><br>Comments&nbsp; and analysis: ODA<br><br>During this election campaign, the Socialist Party of Albania has made available a fund of 15.8% highercompared with funds allocated in the Electoral Campaign of 2013. But Election Campaign Fund of 2015 was lower compared with the fund procured for local elections of 2011.<sup><\/sup><\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"630\" height=\"371\" frameborder=\"0\" seamless=\"\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1YF2uRoUd8ui27i5NDBqkw2xgbOUMtCrOTjf8Wp-mZB0\/pubchart?oid=351741085&amp;format=interactive\"><\/iframe><br>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cec.org.al\/sq-al\/elections\">http:\/\/www.cec.org.al\/sq-al\/elections<\/a><br>Comments and analysis: ODA<\/p>\n<p>According to official statements, SP has spent during this elections less funds than in any other election campaign since 2009.<sup><\/sup><\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"630\" height=\"371\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1YF2uRoUd8ui27i5NDBqkw2xgbOUMtCrOTjf8Wp-mZB0\/pubchart?oid=1492596704&amp;format=interactive\"><\/iframe><br><sup>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cec.org.al\/sq-al\/elections\">http:\/\/www.cec.org.al\/sq-al\/elections<\/a><br>Comments and analysis: ODA<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><b>SPA-Funds and expenditures for Electoral Campaign, Campaign 2009- 2015<br><\/b><sup><br><\/sup><br><sup>Value in ALL<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"626.5\" height=\"183\" frameborder=\"0\" seamless=\"\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1YF2uRoUd8ui27i5NDBqkw2xgbOUMtCrOTjf8Wp-mZB0\/pubchart?oid=1216608822&amp;format=interactive\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cec.org.al\/sq-al\/elections\">http:\/\/www.cec.org.al\/sq-al\/elections<\/a><br>Comments and analysis: ODA  \n<\/p><\/sup><\/div>\n\n\n<b>Comments and Analysis:<\/b> Open Data Albania<br> \nContributed by: Olta Begu<br>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Open Data Albania is carrying out investigations on electoral funds and expenditures used during election campaign of 2015 by the electoral entity, the Socialist Party (SP). In this campaign for the local elections, SP has been provided a fund of ALL 9.3 million. In the financial report that was submitted, SP claims to have spent ALL 109.7 million, indicating so that the funds had been&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":24103,"url":"https:\/\/ndiqparate.al\/?p=24103&lang=en","url_meta":{"origin":9984,"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":9984,"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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