Public comments and submissions on the funding of political parties have now been closed‚ the ad hoc committee on the funding of political parties said on Tuesday. The committee’s chairman Vincent Smith said the deadline for submissions was 5pm on Monday. "We’ve received about 19 submissions. On August 4 we will evaluate those submissions and on August 15‚ 16 and 17 we will hold public hearings." Smith said out of the submissions‚ the committee will draft legislation‚ which it will take back to the public for "engagement". "The public will have another opportunity to comment on the legislation. We will then work on it based on those submissions." The proposed legislation will then be sent to the National Assembly for adjudication and adoption‚ Smith said, adding that Parliament took a decision to look at how political parties are funded as they are currently not obliged to disclose where they get their private funding from. "Private funding [of political parties] has never been inte...
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