Pre-Election Campaigning Rules for Using Periodicals.
If a registered candidate, political party, block of political parties, referendum campaign group refuses to use the space allocated by the periodicals after the draw, they should inform the relevant periodical about this at least five days prior the date of publication. The periodical cannot use the vacant space for the pre-election campaigning purposes.
According to this Article no editing comment should be made unless the matter is agreed with the candidates, political party, block of political parties, campaign group on referendum, during publication of pre-election campaign materials.
If periodicals founded by legislative, executive bodies, court bodies and municipalities, officially print founders’ official materials, information, normative and other acts, these periodicals cannot print pre-election campaign and other materials.
If periodicals have been founded by registered candidates, political parties, blocks of political parties or political parties which are member of block of political parties, rules on equal allocation of space and Articles 78.1 and 78.3 of this Code shall not be applied to these periodicals.
Pre-election campaign materials of a candidate, registered candidate, political party, block of political parties, campaign group on referendum published by the periodical should contain information about covering expenses of publication from the election funds of the registered candidate, political party, block of political parties, campaign group on referendum. When pre-election campaign materials are published freely, materials should reflect which candidate, political party, block of political parties, campaign group on referendum they belong to.
