The majority of political entities have concealed part of the sources of funding and the actual costs of the campaign for the 2020 parliamentary elections.
Bad practices of injecting cash through donations from related individuals have been observed in several political entities.
Somewhat greater transparency in the financing of ads on Facebook allowed us to discover traces of funding for this part of the campaign expenditures from abroad. Some electoral lists delayed reporting their ads as political, thus avoiding that the details on part of their advertising become known to the public.
Most of the participants in the elections reported lower costs of the field campaign and the production of promotional videos than the actual ones.
The practice of using the services of affiliated companies in the election campaign has continued, and for the first time, an offshore company was among the suppliers.
Some media outlets gave discounts to political entities or provided services that were not defined in the price lists, while some others broadcast political marketing, although they did not submit price lists within the legal deadline.
According to the ASK’s interpretation, agencies that sell advertising space in the media are not subject to the law, which enabled non-transparent advertising on one television station and left a huge space for abuse in future election cycles.
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