Audit report exposes election spending breaches in 2024 municipal polls

The audit office released a report on Monday identifying widespread breaches of campaign financing in the 2024 municipal elections.

Auditor-general Andreas Papaconstantinou said practices such as privately hosted events, gatherings and “banquets” were used to obscure the real scale of campaign spending, warning that “the nature of certain expenses makes the identification and control of all election expenses practically impossible”.

The report found that seven deputy and mayoral...