IX. Campaigning and media
The OSCE/ODIHR recommended introducing legal provisions regulating the publishing of contracts between the media and electoral contestants which could include a requirement that information be provided in a systematic and standardised format within required deadlines. Article 180 of the draft Code appears to address this recommendation by specifying five categories of information that must be disclosed. However, the phrase “if the contract has been concluded with an intermediary”, which is at the end of Article 180(1), implies that this requirement does not apply if the contract was not concluded with an intermediary. The Venice Commission and the OSCE/ODIHR recommend that this be clarified in Article 180 in order to assess whether the recommendation has been adequately addressed. |