Partners for Transparency "PFT" launched an initiative - the first of its kind in Egypt - to monitor electoral funding and spending in a number of electoral districts. The initiative bears the slogan "Our Voices Against Your Money."

Partners for Transparency added that this initiative seeks to contribute to achieving the integrity of the upcoming House of Representatives elections by opposing the phenomenon of using money to influence the will of the electorate, in addition to developing effective “approaches” and tools that can be used extensively later to enhance the role of civil society organizations in Monitor "electoral financing and spending" and ensure that candidates and parties adhere to the governing legal frameworks.

She indicated that she is implementing the initiative in “five Egyptian governorates” which are the governorates of Cairo, Fayoum, Alexandria, Dakahlia and Port Said. The governorates and departments within each governorate have been selected to give a good indication of the nature of the funding, financial spending throughout the electoral process, as well as to facilitate the generalization process. Results, recommendations and tools that the initiative will come out with

PFT explained that it has put forward a “background paper” that clarifies the intellectual, legal and methodological framework that you will adhere to in the follow-up process, in commitment to the principle of transparency, and to involve different community parties in discussing the initiative and its details, adding that the paper “attached to this statement” includes an explanation Details of the legislative frameworks and justifications on which the initiative is based, in addition to presenting the methodology that will be followed, the axes covered in the monitoring process, and the targeted geographical scope.

Dr. Walaa Jad Al-Karim, Director of Partners for Transparency, says that the issue of “electoral financing and spending” is one of the main issues that determine - along with other issues - the extent of the integrity of the electoral process, and the extent to which its final results express the true will of the electorate, and to what extent “Money” was a factor affecting the course of the political process, indicating that “partners” in their work adhere to a specific scientific methodology and go beyond “random follow-up processes”. Therefore, the aforementioned “background paper” was presented, stressing the welcome of “Partners for Transparency” PFT With any observations or suggestions that are in the interest of “improving the methodology used”.

It is worth noting that Partners for Transparency PFT is a non-governmental organization, declared in accordance with the provisions of Egyptian law, that considers independence and neutrality “politically” and “ideologically”, and works within the framework of helping society to establish and implement the values and practices of integrity, transparency, and accountability, in order to achieve development. Comprehensive "humanity", respect for human rights, and the building of a system of good governance.The news