constituteproject.org • Campaign financing PDF generated: 18 Apr 2016, 15:29 Article 83 The external financing of the political parties is prohibited, except [an] exceptional derogation established by the law. All financing of a nature that infringes the national independence and sovereignty is prohibited. • Restrictions on political parties The law determines and organizes the sources of financing of the political parties. • Campaign financing Article 84 To the end of promoting democracy, the law may authorize the financing of the political parties in an equitable manner, proportionally to the number of seats that they hold at the National Assembly. This financing may apply both to the functioning of the political parties and to the electoral campaigns, and must be transparent. The types of subventions, advantages and facilities that the State may grant to the political parties are established by the law. Article 85 The conditions within which the political parties are formed, exercise and cease their activities are determined by the law. TITLE IV: OF THE ELECTIONS Article 86 The right to vote is guaranteed. Article 87 The elections are free, transparent and regular. The electoral code determines the practical modalities of them. Article 88 The elections are organized in an impartial manner at the national levels, [and the levels] of the communes and the collines, as well as at other levels established by the law. • Electoral commission Article 89 An independent national electoral Commission guarantees the freedom, the impartiality and the independence of the electoral process. • Electoral commission Article 90 The Commission is composed of five independent notable persons. Its members are appointed by decree after having been previously approved separately by the National Assembly and the Senate with a majority of three-quarters. Burundi 2005 Page 16