III. DISCUSSION OF THE DRAFT NATIONAL ELECTIONS LAW AND THE DRAFT ELECTION COMMISSIONS LAW

M. Election campaign provisions

A violation of the requirement to identify the source of print campaign material indicated in Article 27(2) may lead to deregistration of a candidate under Article 28(9). The Venice Commission and OSCE/ODIHR recommend that Article 28(9) be amended, as deregistration is not an acceptable sanction for violation of Article 27(2) and should be deleted from Article 28(9). Article 28(9) should specify a proportionate sanction for failing to meet the requirements of Article 27(2). An example of such a proportionate sanction would be requiring removal of material that fails to meet the requirements of Article 27(2) until the material is corrected to include all necessary information.