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Is the Right to Receive Foreign Contributions a Statutary Right?
Do ingius under the constitution, have an automatic right to receive foreign contributions? Or does it? Does the f c r a law confer this right? I am very grateful for that question, because this is very mon misunderstanding. A lot of people seem to think, or seem to articulate, whenfsar related debates happen, that organizations have no right to receiving foreign contribution. Now, this is, this is wrong. While it is true that the foreign contribution regulation act does not confer this right, it only seeks to regulate receipt of foreign contribution efor f c arA. This right traces back to the freedom of association,. The right to collaborate financially with like-minded people and organizations
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