He stated that a balance should be achieved between the monitoring, evaluation and regulations and rules governing political party funding with special consideration being given to self regulation within an agreed framework for reporting donor or election campaign funding. The starting point would be to advocate the uniformity around the areas of regulatory requirements for compliance by member states of the IPU. He advocated for non-punitive disclosure with a "sunset" clause for a 3 year period during which voluntary mechanisms should be put in place by parliaments.