Political Parties in Africa: Challenges for Sustained Multiparty

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0 Political Parties in Africa: Challenges for Sustained Multiparty Democracy Table 6.4: Forms of public funding of political parties No. Country Direct public funding Indirect public funding 1 Benin Election period and between period, election campaigns and current representation in the legislature 2 Burkina Faso Election period and between elections; election campaign, representation in the legislature dependent on performance on elections 3 Cape Verde Election period and between elections; election campaign, representation in the legislature dependent on number of candidates put forward in the elections Media time access Tax deduction for incomes generated from party activities Media access and allocation of broadcast time Media access and allocation of broadcast time. Entitled to special tax deduction status 4 Ghana No Free media access and equal broadcast time 5 Malawi Election period and between elections; election campaign, representation in the legislature dependent on number of candidates put forward in the elections Free media access and equal broadcast time 6 Mauritius No Free media access and time allocated for candidates in the present election 7 Mali Election period only and election campaign 8 Morocco Election period, election campaign, dependent on performance at current elections and number of candidates put forward in the present elections 9 Mozambique Election period and between elections; election campaign, representation in the legislature dependent on performance in the last election 10 Namibia Election period and between elections; election campaign, representation in the legislature dependent on performance in the last election 11 Niger Election period and between elections; election campaigns and current representation in the legislature Free media access and equal broadcast time Free media access and equal broadcast time Free media access and equal broadcast time Free media access and time allocated for candidates in the previous election. Entitled to special tax deduction status Free media access and equal broadcast time
No. Country Direct public funding Indirect public funding International Idea 12 São Tomé and Prîncipe N/A Free media access and equal broadcast time. Entitled to special tax deduction status 13 Seychelles Election period, election campaign, dependent on performance at current elections and number of candidates put forward in the present elections 14 Sierra Leone No No 15 South Africa Election period and between elections, general party administration, election campaign activities; equal funding, current representation in the legislature 16 Tanzania Election period only, election campaign activities, equal funding, dependent on performance at current elections Free media access and equal broadcast time Free media access and equal broadcast time Free media access and equal broadcast time Source: Compiled from the ACE database, http://www.aceproject.org, downloaded August 2006. Samuel Fambom’s (2003) work illustrates that the direct and indirect flow of public funds to African political parties has not been appreciated or fully recorded. Another problem is that political parties, particularly opposition parties, often accuse the governing party of using public funds to finance its election campaigns, denying them access to the public media and at times creating draconian laws that restrict the opposition parties’ access to public resources. Famborn (2003) goes further to quantify public subsidies for political parties in African democracies by year of introduction, recipient, basic allocation criteria and total amount paid per political party (see Table 6.5). Only Benin, Mali and Niger impose a ceiling on political party finance whereby no party is allowed to receive more than 20 per cent of its own resources (in Benin and Mali) or 50 per cent of the political parties’ own resources (in Niger). Party Structures and Internal Organization
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