In his meeting on Wednesday, the Innsbruck Local Council will decide on Wednesday the introduction of accountability reports for the political groups and talks about a “quantum jump” in terms of transparency. “Everyone who works with public funds must also be responsible,” is the motto. A party has critical objections.
“Glass party cash registers must become standard. The limit may not be a criminal law. We want to play an Austrian-wide groundbreaking role,” the club guards of the Caprese Coalition formulated the motivation behind their initiative for more transparency in political operation more than two years ago. It will be decided on Wednesday in the Innsbruck City Council. According to reports, only the FP is against it.
Accounting report with deadlines
In the future, all municipal councils will have to publish a accountability report before 30 June of the following year, which exactly comes down, for which party financing- at least almost € 1.4 million per year- is used: for example personnel and office costs, costs for events, training, consultancy costs, credit costs, travel and travel costs.
Only the costs are broken down
Above all, however, the city must state as much as possible about the costs of the election advertisements: expenditure for MAP, election gifts, advertisements and in certain election posters. It is always only about expenses. The income side remains immense.
Statementers must create legal basic principles
The legal basis for this creation is the purpose of a further application to the State legislator: introduction of a mandatory election application report for all elections (including associations, lists of names and party -free) and a cost limit for the campaign campaign in the upper elections. Moreover, the urban development center must be able to check. This is not possible so far.
Source: Krone
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