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Published On: Mon, Oct 17th, 2016

Only seven candidates registered donations

GREAT BAY – Three weeks after the parliamentary elections held on September 26, only seven of the 125 candidates who contested the parliamentary elections on September 26, submitted their donation registration to the Electoral Council.

Deadline is October 26

The Electoral Council notes with concern that with less than two weeks left before the deadline, close to 95% of the candidates who vied for a parliamentary seat, have yet to comply with the National Ordinance on Registration and Finances of Political Parties.

“The remaining 118 candidates are hereby strongly advised to submit their donation registration to the Electoral Council ultimately on Wednesday, October 26,” the council said in a press statement. “Candidates who did not receive any donations, are also required to complete the form, date, sign it and submit it to the Electoral Council by this date.”

Sanctions for non-compliance include the publication of names in the media. Elected members to Parliament will not be able to take the oath of office to assume their position in parliament if they fail to comply with the law.

Candidates who do not know how to complete the form digitally should contact their party representatives to the Electoral Council for assistance. Candidates who did not receive the email with instructions on how to access the database in order to complete their donation registration digitally, should contact the Electoral Council as soon as possible, during its opening hours at the office on Backstreet 145b or by telephone numbers 543-9888 and 543-9889 or by email-address: info@ecsxm.org.

Opening hours’ office: Monday-Wednesday 1.30-5.30 p.m. and Thursday-Friday 9 a.m. -1 p.m.