OAS urges strengthening of transparency in political financing

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Jose Miguel Inzulsa,has called for greater equity and transparency in the systems of political financing in the Caribbean. Addressing the regional forum, “Strengthening Regulation of Political Parties and Political Financing Systems in the Caribbean,” the OAS chief said these are necessary “not only for the consolidation of free and fair elections but for the strengthening of democracy. “This is not only our duty but our obligation so that the peoples of the Americas may realize their aspiration for a fair, democratic system, and benefit from the certainty of liberty and equality, which are intrinsic to democracy and indispensable for greater freedom and justice,” he said.