In June, when the extraordinary parliamentary elections were held, certain state institutions breached the monthly spending limit defined by the Law on the Financing of Political Entities and Election Campaigns, the Network for Affirming the Non-Governmental Sector (MANS) announced.
The MANS analysis showed that the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MUP), the Revenue and Customs Administration, the Pension and Disability Insurance Fund (PIO), the Administration for the Execution of Criminal Sanctions (UIKS), as well as the Ministry of Science and Technological Development spent more than planned. .
MANS explained that the monthly state budget spending plan is determined by the Ministry of Finance at the beginning of the fiscal year, and Article 38 of the Law prohibits budget users from spending more than the prescribed limit during the election campaign.
As they said from that non-governmental organization, the MUP spent about ten million euros in June, which is two million more than the legal limit.
"The analysis of the monthly spending of this Ministry shows that the biggest overruns include the payment of net wages, the costs of court proceedings, but also the payment of contracts for the work for which the MUP allocated 156 euros in June, which is 120 more than the monthly limit," the announcement states.
It is added that the Revenue and Customs Administration spent close to 3,5 million euros in June, which is two million euros more than the limit prescribed by the Law.
MANS said that the institution's spending data show that the biggest overrun was in the position of net earnings, where one million euros more than the limit was spent, while almost 900 thousand euros more than the monthly budget was set aside for consulting services.
"The Revenue and Customs Administration also doubled the payments based on the work contract, so during June a total of 76 thousand euros were spent," MANS added.
They said that UIKS spent 1,8 million euros during June, which is about 780 thousand more than the legally defined monthly limit.
"The analysis of spending shows that UIKS doubled the payment of net wages in June, and that 243 thousand euros were spent from the budget line "remaining", which is also twice the monthly limit", MANS announced.
As they pointed out, in the same period, UIKS paid out 100 euros based on the work contract, while the legal limit was around 52.
MANS said that they will submit initiatives to the Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (ASK) due to the suspicion that state institutions have violated the Law on the Financing of Political Entities and Election Campaigns and demand that they be processed without delay.
"Unfortunately, these data show that even during the last parliamentary elections, we had a widespread practice of violating the Law on the Financing of Political Entities and Election Campaigns, especially in the part that concerns the possible abuse of state funds," MANS said.
The continuation of this trend, according to them, is partly conditioned by an inadequate institutional response and insufficient misdemeanor practices that should motivate state institutions to harmonize their behavior with the laws governing the electoral process.
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