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Article 46
 

Guaranteed rights of electoral competitors



Electoral competitors shall participate equally in the electoral campaign, shall enjoy equal rights in making use of mass media means, inclusively the radio and television financed from the budget.



All electoral competitors shall have equal possibilities in terms of technical-material and financial support of the electoral campaign.



During the electoral campaign the candidates shall enjoy the right to be exonerated from duties of their permanent working place. The candidates enjoying this right shall submit documents necessary for remuneration not later than 2 months from elections day.



[Paragraph 3, article 46 as amended by the Law no.842-XV from 14.02.2002]        

[Paragraph 3, article 46 as amended by the Law no.796-XV from 25.01.2002]

[Paragraph 3, article 46 as amended by the Law no.268-XIV from 04.02.1999]

 



In case of parliamentary elections, the candidates have the right to free of charge trips in any type of public transportation (except for taxicabs) on the entire territory of the country, in case of local elections this right may be exercised only in the area of the respective electoral district.



[Paragraph 4, article 46 as amended by the Law no.1227-XIV from 21.09.2000]

[Paragraph 4, article 46 as amended by the Law no.268-XIV from 04.02.1999]

 



During the electoral campaign, the candidates may not be dismissed or transferred to another working place or position without their consent to do so.



[Paragraph 5, article 46 as amended by the Law no.268-XIV from 04.02.1999]

[Paragraph 6, article 46 excluded by the Law no.1107-XIV from 30.06.2000,]

[the other paragraphs shall be renumbered]

[Paragraph 6, article 46 is declared unconstitutional based on the Constitutional Court]

[Decision no.43 from 27.07.1999]

[Paragraph 6, article 46 as amended by the Law no.268-XIV from 04.02.1999]

 



The electoral competitor may withdraw his candidacy by means of a written statement addressed to the electoral authority, which registered him but no later than 5 days before elections. Parties, social-political organizations and electoral blocs may introduce any amendments in the registered lists, respecting the same term and the provisions of the articles 79 and 126.



[Paragraph 6, article 46 as amended by the Law no.480-XIV from 02.07.1999]

[Paragraph 6, article 46 as amended by the Law no.268-XIV from 04.02.1999]   

 



In case the electoral competitor withdraws his candidacy after the ballot papers have been printed, the electoral committee of the polling station shall apply a stamp near the respective candidate indicating in it “Withdrawn”.



The electoral competitor who has withdrawn his candidacy shall be obliged to return the technical-material and financial means, which have been allocated from the budget for his electoral campaign.