Politinių partijų finansavimas Lietuvoje: tinkamiausio modelio paieškos
The funding of political parties in Lithuania: the search for the most suitable model

Summary/Abstract: This article deals with the present mechanism of political parties funding in Lithuania. Although the legislator of Lithuania has passed laws that should have influence on prevention of corruption in politics, but the results of quantitative and qualitative researches show that the rules concerned with funding of parties are not enough effective de facto. In this article author analyzes in detail the particularities of private and public funding models of political parties and expand the concept that in a modern democracy it is necessary not to choose one of those patterns, but try to combine them effectively. The author concludes that the main obstacle for the transparent funding of political parties in Lithuania is “the corrupted mentality” which regulations are not able to surmount yet.

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