The Association of Chartered Accountants Tunisian invited in the public debate. A press conference was held Friday, May 27, 2011 as part of a series of conferences scheduled to be released this media corporation from his torpor.
Prime theme: party financing and electoral campaigns and the Order intends to play the referee. The controversy swelled in recent weeks and made the headlines and political debates of the place: some of the most prominent parties would be "maintained by foreign patrons" distorting the balance of forces.
The Order could no longer remain silent when the parade on TV shows "quacks" ignorant of the basics of accounting and financial audit or not hesitating to launch accusations. Precisely, accountants Tunisian propose to take over control of campaign financing in a "legal framework to define, but without intent to impute blame nor any party".
Accountants do not miss this historic moment and play their full part as citizens, says in effect Neji, Chairman of the order period. They are the "vanguards" and inform the public on issues related to their profession: control of campaign financing, management of property forfeited to the relatives of the former regime, businesses in trouble ...
In the same sense Anis Wahabi anticipates and refutes the accusation that some would not hesitate to launch "we do not at all a new vein to be exploited, our approach is a citizen." There is a media release as there is a safe release, and it is unacceptable that everyone can vote and provide advice on party financing and electoral campaigns without knowing the ropes, he believes.
The question is urgent. It offers little reasoning by contradiction: how to abort the democratic transition if not relaxing our vigilance on the secret funding? And what has the legitimacy to take this role Order: comparative law. Just look towards the great democracies of the world (England, USA, France) to see that there is not a thousand and one ways of doing things: a legal and transparent accounting. A clear legal framework, simplified accounting tools, a single model of accounting supervision, efficient control mechanisms are some ideas to dig and finalized by the body in charge of controlling the financing of parties and campaigns and to which called the Institute of Chartered Accountants.
Money and politics do not mix, says Nizar Alouini. To avoid any risk of slippage, only one alternative: to guarantee sources of funding and transparent sound. The auditor feels the pulse of the street, and accusations of funding from foreign sources haunt the minds of all present. And how to anticipate and tackle a hypothetical danger? In sifting through the current legal system and by closing its loopholes. Legislation is available (including the 1988 et1997) for funding of parties are considered obsolete by the specialist. The principle of public finance remains nevertheless valid. The new law on political parties and who will oversee the financing of election campaigns has not yet been disclosed. It remains at our disposal, not to navigate to the Legislative Decree No. 35 of 2011 governing the election of the Constituent Assembly, which, without providing a lot of material, establishes the principle of information transparency and management funds.
Paragraph 52, which requires each party a single bank account intended to fund the election campaign is "blessed" by the expert as ensuring completeness of accounting statements. A law which will, nevertheless, be expanded with the emergence of an independent body is inevitable, said Nizar Alouini. This authority will bear the annual auditing of political parties, auditing of accounting statements, creating a code of ethics, defining a framework for private financing in the future ...
Mounir Graja, accountant and member of the High forum for achieving the objectives of the revolution, political reform and democratic transition is back on more technical considerations and debates that animate currently proceeding. A blur is still on the award of the second half of public funding for election campaigns parties, funds that only parties to reach a minimum of 3% of votes will keep. These funds will they be granted early campaign on a platform of clear (with the difficulty of collecting them) or after?. The expert chooses the second alternative, but discussions are still ongoing.
Mr. Graja recalls a detail concerning the public funding of campaigns: in this context, the party can not even use its own funds. As in the case of elections lists, the expert suggested to appoint a financial officer (who reports) on each list. Theoretical considerations that do not deceive the questioner.
Control and monitoring will be more complicated. Because a campaign is not just cash but also logistics, and it is here that overtaking can be observed. Example: A wealthy businessman and member of a list could provide a space belonging to organize a meeting, but also equipment, refreshments ... How to bridge this gap and account for this scenario? This is precisely the work of the independent control of party funding and campaigning.
Yet another board or committee out of the skull as Minerva from Jupiter? The speakers at this conference believe that they are legitimate and have the wherewithal to bring the negotiations to create this new authority. The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants is represented in the High forum for achieving the objectives of the revolution, political reform and democratic transition, an exchange has been initiated with the government, "political parties were not consulted, "but all" express the wish to operate in a legal framework and clear accounting standards to ensure a kind of safeguard. "
The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants has thrown the cat among the pigeons. Foreign funding of political parties concerned about the Tunisians and this new proposal seems to fall steeply to address their concerns. But would it be possible to establish this body, develop procedures and mechanisms necessary to control a campaign that starts in such a short time (even if a draft was presented at the conference)? Speaking in his own name, and without neglecting the tensions experienced by the country and Tunisian Anis Wahabi considers that October 16 will ensure better conditions for organizing elections to the Constituent Assembly.
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