Digital Reporting System for Political Parties and Legal Framework in Georgia
Explore the comprehensive digital reporting system established by the State Audit Office of Georgia for political parties, including regulations on financial transparency, limitations on donations, reported cases, legal donations, and restrictions for legal entities involved in political activities.
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Digital Reporting System for Political Parties Zurab Aznaurashvili STATE AUDIT OFFICE of GEORGIA 08.09.2017
Content Monitoring system of Georgia E-reporting
Regulations Election Code of Georgia Organic Law on Political Unions of Citizens Criminal Code of Georgia Decree of Auditor General on Regulation Transparency issues of Political Finances
Power of SAOG Audit activities of political parties and candidates Fill protocol of administrative violation Adopt standards and instructions Request information Bank (only about political parties or candidates) Administrative institutions
Information Submitted to SAOG Annual Declarations Election reports 3-week period reports Donations 5 business days
Regulations Limitations for donations and member fees: 1 200 GEL member fees (500 USD) 60 000 GEL physical persons (25 000 USD) 120 000 GEL legal entities (50 000 USD) Types of penalties: Double amount (was 10 and 5 times of the amount) Vote buying x10 and x2 5000 GEL violation of other regulation
Cases 2012 Parliamentary 2013 Presidential 105 case 14 case 2014 Local 2016 Parliamentary 191 case 34 case
Donations 2012 Parliamentary 2013 Presidential 31 31977 977331 331 GEL 7 819 663 GEL 2014 Local 2016 Parliamentary 9 588 325 GEL 28 443 259 GEL
Legal Donations 2012 Parliamentary 2013 Presidential Prohibited O GEL 2014 Local 2016 Parliamentary 71 544 GEL 4 026 580 GEL
Restrictions for Legal Entities Place of registration Partners citizenship Income and profit to donate Not having more then 15% of total income from last year by direct public contract
Content Monitoring system of Georgia E-reporting
History of ICT at SAO FMS First system in 2012 donations Second system in 2016 new webpage www.monitoring.sao.ge donations search engine declaration reporting system - www.fms.sao.ge
New System In April 2016 started developing new webpage In July 2016 started developing reporting software In August 2016 started testing search engine In January 2017 started testing full reporting system
Types of Information Reported With Electronic Systems: Annual declaration Election declarations Donations Cash withdrawal reports Advertisement Without Electronic Systems: Contact details and Bank information
Steps for reporting Open to search FMS Admin Two types of users: Two step internal confirmation 1. Accountant 2. Chief of party http://fms.sao.ge E-mail and password
Reporting software Interface for reporting Interface for staff member System admin External user
www.monitoring.sao.ge Searching and filtering: Date Type Amount Party name Name ID number
Monitoring With Electronic Systems: Income and Expenses Civil registry Social registry United databases Comparing information with other sources
Increased Transparency Easy to report Easy access to party reports Searchable donation information with filters Searchable names in Google Nice data with statistics
Plans of Development Software for submitting appeals and tracking actions taken by SAOG Software for electronic document flow for external users
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