Ideally, a regulatory framework for elections will ensure the unimpeded flow of full information to voters from all candidates and political parties participating in the elections because an election is about the right of the voters to choose their government after having received fully complete information on all candidate choices. It is not the purpose of the regulatory framework to ensure that parliamentary parties maintain an advantage over non-parliamentary parties or that a political party candidate has an advantage over a non-political party candidate. The overarching rule should be the principle of non-discrimination. Articles 80 through 85 of the Code provide less favourable treatment to non-parliamentary parties as did prior versions of these articles. As a result, these articles should be carefully considered.
