The NACP will receive a number of powers in the field of control over party finances, including the right to apply to court in case of violations.
The Verkhovna Rada has registered draft law No. 14289 dated 10.12.2025 “On Political Parties”. The draft was developed by people’s deputies of Ukraine together with representatives of the National Agency for Corruption Prevention, the Central Election Commission, the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, as well as other government and non-governmental organizations. This is reported by the “Judicial and Legal Newspaper”, the PromPolitInform portal reports.
According to Article 52 of the draft law, the following bodies exercise state control over the activities of political parties:
1) The central executive body implementing state policy in the field of state registration (legalization) of associations of citizens, other public formations, its territorial bodies (meaning the Ministry of Justice), –
for compliance by a political party with the requirements of the Constitution and laws of Ukraine, as well as the charter of a political party, in particular during the state registration of political parties (their structural units), their symbols, except for cases when the exercise of such control is attributed by law to the powers of other bodies;
2) The Central Election Commission, district election commissions, territorial election commissions in the relevant elections, referendum commissions –
for compliance by political parties with the established procedure for participation in the electoral process, the referendum process, as well as within the limits of the powers specified by law for the functioning of election funds of subjects of the electoral process in the relevant elections, the referendum process;
3) National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption –
– for the timeliness of submission by political parties of reports on property, income, expenses and financial obligations, as well as the reliability of information in such reports;
– compliance by a political party with the requirements for opening a bank account, as well as for the acquisition and use by political parties of funds only in non-cash form;
– legality of contributions made by individuals and legal entities in favor of political parties;
– legality of receipt by political parties of all types of contributions and other revenues;
– compliance by political parties with the requirements of this Law in the event of receipt of a contribution made by an individual or legal entity in violation of the requirements of the law; compliance by political parties with the requirements of the law on passing an external independent audit of financial statements; use by political parties of state funding for statutory activities;
– compliance by the subjects of the electoral process in the relevant elections with the requirements for opening election fund accounts;
– compliance with the restrictions established by law on financing election campaigning, referendum campaigning, as well as, within the limits of the powers determined by law, the functioning of election funds of the subjects of the electoral process in the relevant elections;
– timeliness of submission of reports on the receipt and use of election funds in national and local elections, reports on the receipt and use of campaign fund funds for the initiative to hold an all-Ukrainian referendum, reports on the receipt and use of all-Ukrainian referendum fund funds, reports on the receipt and use of initiative group funds, compliance of their preparation with the established requirements, reliability of the information included in them;
4) Accounting Chamber – for the lawful and targeted use of funds allocated from the state budget to finance the statutory activities of political parties;
5) Security Service of Ukraine – for compliance by a political party with legislation in the field of state security, protection of state sovereignty, constitutional order, territorial integrity, scientific, technical and defense potential of Ukraine, legitimate interests of the state and rights of citizens from intelligence and subversive activities of foreign special services, encroachments by individual organizations, groups and individuals, as well as ensuring the protection of state secrets.
In addition, the NACP will exercise state control over the use of state funding by political parties for their statutory activities, in particular by analyzing:
1) reports of a political party on property, income, expenses and financial obligations and documents attached to them;
2) reports of an external independent audit of the financial statements of a political party.
In the event of the discovery of facts indicating that state funding has been used by a political party in violation of the requirements of the Law, the NACP will be obliged to file an administrative claim with the court to recognize the activities of the political party as contrary to the requirements of the Law, in accordance with the procedure established by the CACU.
The State control over the activities of the NACP itself regarding the distribution and transfer of funds allocated from the state budget for the financing of political parties will be carried out by the Accounting Chamber during the audit , which is held once every two years on the basis of the Law of Ukraine “On Prevention of Corruption”.
The SBU will also be entitled to apply with a submission and materials confirming the facts of the commission of relevant violations to the central executive body implementing state policy in the field of state registration (legalization) of associations of citizens, other public formations, in the event of information about the commission by a political party, its structural units or its individual members of violations in the field of state security, protection of state sovereignty, constitutional order, territorial integrity, scientific and technical and defense potential of Ukraine.
Similar amendments are being made to the Laws of Ukraine “On Prevention of Corruption”, “On the Security Service of Ukraine”, “On the Central Election Commission” and others.
