expressclassifiedstt. Temporary People’s National Movement Senator Stuart Young has recommended the Elections and Boundaries Commission or the Integrity Commission be given the authority to audit campaign accounts of political parties. Young was speaking in the Senate on Wednesday on the private motion of Independent Senator Helen Drayton on campaign financing. He used the examples of Australia, Germany and France, where independent bodies did an audit of the accounts of either the candidates or the parties. In the case of France, the accounts are published “in a simplified form in the official gazette”, he noted. Noting financial disclosure was a critical ingredient of any election campaign legislation, Young said: “I envisage (that in the case of Trinidad and Tobago) it can be either the EBC or the Integrity Commission that would be granted the specific and the expressed powers to audit what has taken place after an election process with the amount of financing that has been generated throughout that election process, and it starts with a mandatory disclosure policy,” he said. He added the mandatory-disclosure policy would require the person receiving the donation to disclose whom they received the donation from, the amount of the donation and the source of funds of that donation. “Because as responsible political parties, the question must be asked of people who are willing to donate substantial sums of money: where has this money come from?” Young added. Young said he was certain no political party in the country would want to fall prey to any money laundering or use of illicit money. “Certainly this side (the PNM) is adamant about it... One example that comes to mind... is now the subject of litigation, here a certain financier is alleged of his own evidence... to have given the sum of $60 million to a specific party as a contribution—as a loan, as he put it—for their campaign. Sixty million is a significant sum of money for anyone,” Young said. He said the sums being spent on elections within recent times were astronomical and there was a need for campaign finance legislation. “The time is right for it,” he said. Young also referred to the award of the contract for the Beetham wastewater treatment plant to Super Industrial Services (SIS). He also referred to SIS’s role in the financing of the Tobago Organisation of the People campaign in the Tobago House of Assembly election. “It was also alleged that he (an SIS official) was building houses... for Ashworth Jack... and then a palace down in Siparia,” he said. Government whip Ganga Singh said it had been refuted. Stuart said there must be a level of accountability and transparency because in this small country, it was very difficult for him to appreciate how even the most wealthy of the private sector could be in a position to contribute $10-, $20-, $30-, $40-, $50- and $60 million out of their own pocket to campaign financing, and I question all the time, where is that source of funding? Government Senator Gerry Hadeed countered that the PNM received $20 million for one company. Young also advocated each political party be given equal airtime on the State-owned media. “This is a way to balance the playing field, to level the playing field. It is something that should be adopted by the incumbent in allowing and putting in place mechanisms across the board, regardless of the party and regardless of whom a person is going to vote for, they are given an equal opportunity to get to the polling box,” Young stated. Young said he was pleased the Attorney General suggested the Government would be doing something about campaign-finance reform. “I wonder if they will be able to do something about it about the elections,” he said. Attorney General replied: “I want to reassure my learned friend that the Government intends to bring this legislation, and to introduce this bill in January 2016.” Young countered: “I welcome the Attorney General’s declaration, and I am sure that he will pass the file over to the honourable Senator Al-Rawi in May 2015. This content requires the latest Adobe Flash Player and a browser with JavaScript enabled. Click here for a free download of the latest Adobe Flash Player. 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