Electoral expense overruns, the statute of limitations arrives for Kompatscher – Information

by times news cr

2024-06-04 23:05:42

BOLZANO. L’Bureau of the Provincial Council of Bolzano handled the exceeding of the spending restrict for the 2018 electoral marketing campaign contested by the president of the Province Arno Kompatscher.

In January 2024, a observe reviews, the Bolzano Monetary Police had communicated, following investigations carried out, that the declared and undeclared electoral bills of the candidate had exceeded 102.890 euro lmost quantity of 30,000 euros VAT excluded, required by provincial legislation. In line with the electoral rule, on this case an administrative sanction equal to double the quantity by which the spending restrict was exceeded is foreseen.

Each the communication from the Guardia di Finanza and the counter-arguments from the President of the Province had been despatched to the analysis physique, which is accountable for verifying the correctness of the reviews referring to electoral bills introduced. Within the place assertion on the matter, despatched to the president of the provincial council in the beginning of Might, the physique, continues the observe, “highlighted the necessity to first confirm whether or not any prescription has occurred: an evaluation on this regard by the Legislative Affairs Workplace and legal professionals from the Provincial Council highlighted that the 5-year statute of limitations would have expired in January 2024.”

On the premise of those issues, the Bureau determined (4 sure, 1 abstention) to “be aware of the limitation interval”. The Bureau now recommends, nonetheless, a clarification of provincial legislation 14/2017 concerning the calculation of bills of teams of candidates, since, because the Analysis Physique famous, “in accordance with provincial legislation, bills which might be supported by the social gathering/record and which concern a number of candidates are usually not attributable to any single candidate”. “This rule – we learn within the opinion of the Physique – could be very generic and doesn’t give any indication on which standards have to be happy from a propaganda standpoint so as to have the ability to converse of ‘involvement’ of a number of candidates”.


2024-06-04 23:05:42

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