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Article 224
 

Special Requirements for Candidates of Political Parties, Blocks of Political Parties to Municipal Membership for Conducting Pre-election Campaign.

224.1   Participation of candidates for membership of a municipality in the pre-election campaign shall be regulated by Chapter 13 of this Code.



1/3 of total free airtime allocated by TV and radio companies should correspondingly be provided to the political parties and block of political parties, which have registered candidates in more than 1/3 or in more than half of municipalities, to conduct discussions, round tables and other campaigning actions, taking into consideration provisions of Articles 77.2 and 77.3 of this Code.





Airtime for joint election campaign activities on TV and radio mentioned in Articles 77.2 and 77.3 of this Code shall be allocated and calculated for political parties and block of political parties, and performed separately. The political parties and block of political parties should use such free airtime on equal basis. In this case, the volume of free airtime for each candidate, political parties and block of political parties is defined separately.



224.4   The norm of paid use of the airtime allocated by TV and radio companies specified in the Article 71.1 of this Code shall be determined by dividing the total volume of free space by total number of candidates for membership of a municipality specified in Article 77.4 of this Code.

224.5   Candidates for membership of a municipality can use the space that is allocated in the periodicals mentioned in Article 71.1. of this Code and shall be determined by dividing the total number of candidates for membership of a municipality  in compliance with Article 77.4. of this Code, on the basis of payment.

224.6   Refusal of the registered candidates, political parties and block of political parties, which have registered candidates in more than one third or half of municipalities from participation in actions mentioned in Article 224.2 of this Code shall not cause increase of free airtime allocated in accordance with Article 80.6.