In 2007, Transparency and Accountability Network along with Lawyers' League for Liberty, Consortium for Electoral Reforms, Access to Information Network, and a group of research analysts led by Dr. Edna Co, attempted to monitor campaign spending (partial) of select 'key' political players (party list, individual candidates in national and local elections, and party coalitions). Their monitoring effort revealed findings of irregular (e.g. Overspending, Under-reporting, excess television and radio time 'appearances') and illegal (e.g. Vote buying) practices. Enforcement of campaign spending regulations by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) is shown to have not been met. (PAP, 2008) With its findings, PAP was able to elevate the issue of campaign finance as a governance concern that caught the attention of the public, media, academe, practitioners and policy-makers.