The opaque trail

Political funding is somewhat opaque and difficult to track

A recent debate involved a post-modernist interpretation of the meaning of “only” in the context of what defines a Money Bill in Parliament. According to the finance minister, “only” is not open to only one definition. Another ongoing debate could lead to redefinition of “transparent” in the context of political funding.
 
As things stood, political funding was somewhat opaque and difficult to track. As things will stand in the future, funding patterns will become clearer for the government of the day, while becoming utterly opaque to the common voter.
 
As of yesterday (financial year 2016-17), political parties could accept