Tag Archives | Political party financing

Chile must reform political party financing laws

5 March 2015 in Accountability, Americas, Politics and government

The timing couldn’t be better. The Chilean Congress is debating much-needed changes to the laws governing party political finances just as charges were formally made against two high-profile businesspeople for allegedly using fake receipts to fund Chile’s opposition party, the Independent Democratic Union in 2013. Several other former politicians, public officials and businesspeople have also […]

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To the new Greek government: keep your promise to fight corruption

27 January 2015 in Civil society, Europe and Central Asia, Politics and government

During the last ten years Greek politicians have always promised to fight corruption during election periods. However, after coming to power the results were meagre. In 2005 Konstantinos Karamanlis did not follow through on his campaign promises. In 2009 George Papandreou’s commitments produced a good law that required the publication of all government decisions and budgets […]

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Haiti: a new anti-corruption law brings hope

7 April 2014 in Accountability, ALAC, Americas, Anti-corruption movement, Civil society, Politics and government, Poverty and development, Whistleblowing

It has taken a long time but Haiti finally has a comprehensive anti-corruption law. On 11 March the lower house of Parliament passed legislation first drafted in 2007. For a country that has been stuck on the lowest rungs of Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index for years, this is big and welcome news. And the […]

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Haïti: une nouvelle loi contre la corruption, porteuse d’espoir

7 April 2014 in Accountability, ALAC, Americas, Anti-corruption movement, Civil society, Miscellaneous, Politics and government, Poverty and development, Whistleblowing

Après plusieurs années d’attente, finalement Haïti est doté d’une loi globale de lutte contre la corruption. Le 11 mars dernier, la chambre basse du Parlement a adopté le projet de loi rédigé en 2007. Pour un pays qui, pendant des années, a stagné au plus bas niveau de l’échelle de l’Indice de Perceptions de la […]

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Curaçao: small island, big challenges?

11 July 2013 in Americas, Politics and government, Whistleblowing

Imagine an island around 250 kilometres north of Venezuela, where you can find idyllic beaches, pastel coloured colonial Dutch architechture, iguana soup and copius amounts of a lurid blue coloured liqueur. This is Curaçao, one of the newest countries in the Americas and home to a population of just 150,000 people. Put in context, that’s […]

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