Election Campaign Using Mass Actions.
State bodies and municipalities should assist the registered candidate, political party, block of political parties, and campaign group on referendum in organizing and holding of meetings with citizens and open debates.
Applications of the registered candidate, political party, block of political parties, and their agents with a request to allocate a venue for meetings with electors, shall be considered by the relevant executive authority in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Venues (building, room) which are suitable for holding meetings with electors and which are owned by state or municipalities shall be provided free of charge by the owners, at times agreed by registered candidates, political parties, blocks of political parties, authorized representatives of campaign groups on referendum, their agents and the election commission. If a venue (building, room) is allocated to one of the registered candidates, political party, block of political parties, campaign group on referendum for conducting pre-election (pre-referendum) campaign, the owner cannot refuse to allocate the same venue (building, room) with the equal conditions to another candidate, political party, block of political parties, campaign group on referendum. Election commissions shall create equal conditions for the registered candidates, political parties, blocks of political parties, and campaign groups on referendum to conduct pre-election campaign using mass actions.
Registered candidates, political parties, blocks of political parties, and campaign groups on referendum shall have the right, regardless of the form of ownership, to lease, based on a contract, buildings and rooms owned by citizens and organizations, for holding meetings, discussions with voters and other pre-election mass activities.
Buildings and equipment, which are considered cultural facilities in accordance with the relevant State register, cannot be used for the purpose of holding pre-election campaign.
It shall be prohibited to conduct a pre-election campaign in the territory of military units, military organizations and military institutions. Registered candidates, political party, block of political parties, campaign group on referendum, their authorized representatives and agents can conduct meetings with electors who are in military service within the territory of military unit, when such meetings are arranged by the commanders of those military units together with the Constituency Election Commission, if only all registered candidates, all political parties with registered candidates, blocks of political parties, campaign group on referendum for this constituency are necessarily invited or informed about this meeting at least three days prior to this meeting. The persons mentioned above, political parties, blocks of political parties, and campaign groups on referendum should be provided with equal conditions for conducting these meetings, and opportunities shall be ensured for observers to observe such meetings.
According to the legislation, relevant executive bodies shall ensure security and public order during pre-election mass actions.
