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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
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