Kawakibi Democracy Transition Center organized a training workshop on the finance of electoral campaigns during the legislative elections before the Court of Accounts, entitled “Criteria for benefiting from the public grant under refunding Electoral Expenses and Proceeding before the Court of Accounts held on December, 3rd 2019 in hotel Mechtel – Tunisia.” The workshop was conducted for the winning representatives in the 2019 legislative elections, with the presence of their financial agents and legal representatives
During this workshop, a discussion was held to tackle three main axes on the criteria set for benefiting from the discretionary public grant, entitled refunding electoral expenses, how to prepare the Campaign Account and Litigation Procedures before the Court of Accounts. The presentation was followed by a discussion between the experts and the attendees to clarify several concepts such as the definition of electoral expense, how it is calculated and what expenses can be considered as an electoral expense, as well as how to calculate the deadline for appeal before the Court of Accounts.
This workshop was moderated by Mrs. Wided Hajj Mohamed, a judge counselor at the Chamber of Political Parties and Associations in the Court of Accounts, and by the expert accountant Mr. Sofien Ben Abid.
