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Article 74
 

Conduct of Pre-election (Pre-referendum) Campaign.

74.1.    The following shall have the right to conduct pre-election and pre-referendum  (hereinafter pre-election campaign) campaign:

74.1.1.  Campaign groups on referendum;

74.1.2.  The candidates registered for participation in the elections of deputies of the Milli Majlis;



The candidates registered for participation in the Presidential elections;



The political parties, blocks of political parties, which have candidates registered for participation in the elections of deputies of the Milli Majlis;



The candidates registered for participation in the municipality elections;



The political parties, blocks of political parties, which have candidates registered for participation in Presidential elections;



The political parties, blocks of political parties, which have candidates registered for participation in municipal elections;



74.2.    The pre-election campaign can be conducted by:

74.2.1. Mass media,

74.2.2. Conducting of pre-election mass activities (gatherings and meetings with citizens, mass discussions and talks, etc.);

74.2.3.  Distributing and production of printed, audiovisual and other campaign materials;

74.2.4. By other means not prohibited by law.

74.3.    The pre-election campaign by mass media shall be  conducted by open discussions, round tables, press conferences, interviews, speeches, political advertisings, TV and Radio programs, video-films and other ways not prohibited by the law. The registered candidate, political party, block of political parties and the referendum campaign group shall independently determine the forms and the ways of pre-election campaign.

74.4.   Conducting of pre-election campaign and distributing of every kind of campaign materials shall be prohibited for:

74.4.1.             subjects indicated in Article 90.2 0f this Code (taking into account Articles 12.2 and 12.3 of this Code);

74.4.2.             officials of state bodies (institutions, organizations) or municipal bodies and organizations, state and municipal employees, military persons abusing their positions and privileges while they are performing their duties

74.4.3. Election commissions, the members of an election commission with decisive voting right and other official persons of election commissions.

74.5    Control over observance of rules identified by the present Code for pre-election campaigning shall be carried out by a press group established under the Central Election Commission and comprising mostly journalists.