iDnes: Some lawmakers unhappy over campaign spending limits

The parliamentary election due to take place in October will be the first influenced by legislation passed last year curbing spending by political parties, news website iDnes reports. Under the new law, parties' campaign spending has a ceiling of 90 million crowns (in the past, the news site points out, spending higher than 100 million was not unusual). Some lawmakers, even among those who backed the bill, have reportedly now privately expressed misgivings; some interpret aspects of the law differently, clashing over whether the use of government-assigned vehicles for campaign purposes, for example, is a campaign expense. Campaign spending is overseen by a specific bureau overseeing the financing and economic activities of political parties and movements.