The Office of Democratic Integrity
Article 259(1): the Office monitors the conditions of participatory democracy and of social ownership, verifies the declarations of interest this Constitution requires, and investigates the appropriation of public resources.
Article 259(2): the Office publishes its findings and refers matters to the Constitutional Court and to the prosecution service, and holds no other power.
Indicators of the current period
Eight families of measurement, fixed by Article 261(1). Each meter shows the measured value against the ceiling or floor the article names.
Concentration of the means of communication
Article 54(4)
18.0% held by the largest organisation
Ceiling fixed by the Constitution. Measured as the audience share of the largest single organisation across all media of record.
Independence and resources of media organisations
Article 54(3) and (5)
94 of 100 organisations report resources fixed independently of content
Six organisations report an allocation varying with the content published. Each case is stated in the annual report.
Observance of the participation required
Article 143(9)(b)
81% of required procedures held within the period
Nineteen per cent were held late or not at all. The bodies concerned are named in the annual report, and each has answered.
Accessibility of registration
Article 63(1)
99.2% of residents registered needs without an obstacle recorded
Obstacles recorded for 147,000 residents, most often in places of care. The Defender of Rights receives the individual complaints.
Operation of the assemblies
Articles 92, 93, 141 and 172
88% of assemblies met at the required intervals
Workplace, user, neighbourhood and communal assemblies. The shortfall falls almost entirely on user assemblies in two sub-regions.
Equality of provision between territories
Article 91(3)
6.4% spread between the best and worst served sub-region
Measured across the essential provision of Title IV. The spread has narrowed from 9.1 per cent in 2024.
Resources of the courts and the offices
Articles 193(5) and 240(2)
No reduction, withholding, delay or condition recorded
Reduction during the term of an Assembly is forbidden. This indicator has recorded no departure since the office was constituted.
Acts within Article 265
Article 265
2 acts referred to the Constitutional Court
Both referrals are pending. A referral states the acts found, the evidence and the provision engaged, and is published with the answer of the organ concerned.
Published with the indicators, methods and data in open form · period ending 30 June 2026
Each indicator in full · The methods, and how to object to one
Functions
| Function | Basis |
|---|---|
| Receive, verify and publish the declarations of interest the Constitution requires | Article 260(1) |
| Verify a declaration against the personal property of the declarant, and publish any discrepancy | Article 260(2) |
| Investigate the appropriation of public resources, prohibited preference, and void transactions | Article 260(3) |
| Verify compliance with the provisions on functions taken after leaving office | Article 260(4) |
| Monitor and report annually on the eight matters of Article 261(1) | Article 261(1) |
| Refer acts and courses of conduct to the Constitutional Court, and files to the prosecution service | Article 262 |
Limits of competence
Article 263(2): the Office may in no case ban, dissolve, suspend or restrict an association, refuse or annul a candidacy, exclude a person from office, attach an electoral consequence to a finding, or impose any sanction.
Article 263(1): the Office may in no case classify a person, a party, a list or an association by ideology, opinion, doctrine or programme.
Article 263(4): the Office may in no case maintain a register of persons by opinion, conduct surveillance, or acquire information otherwise than under Article 241.
The prohibitions in full, and why they are written this way
Findings address acts and conditions
Article 261(3): findings are addressed to acts, to measurements and to conditions. The Office may in no case attribute an ideology, a doctrine, an intention or an affiliation to any person or association.
A finding of the Office therefore states what was done, what was measured, and which provision is engaged. It states nothing about what anyone believes or intended.