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Article 93
 

Election campaign


1. During elections of the National Assembly the airtime for conducting election campaign of a political party running in the elections through free and paid use of airtime on public radio and public television shall be provided as prescribed by the CEC.


2. A political party running in the elections shall have the right to use free of charge no more than 60 minutes of airtime on public television, and no more than 120 minutes of airtime on public radio.


3. A political party running in the elections shall have the right to use for pay no more than 120 minutes of airtime on public television, and no more than 180 minutes of airtime on public radio at the account of its campaign fund.


4. In case of early elections or declaring elections of the National Assembly invalid and holding repeat voting, a political party running in the elections shall have the right to use free of charge no more than 30 minutes of airtime on public television, and no more than 60 minutes of airtime on public radio, and — at the account of the campaign fund — no more than 60 minutes of paid airtime on public television and no more than 90 minutes of paid airtime on public radio.
During the second round of election of the National Assembly a political party running in the elections shall have the right to use free of charge no more than 20 minutes of airtime on public television, and no more than 40 minutes of airtime on public radio, and — at the account of the campaign fund — no more than 40 minutes of paid airtime on public television and no more than 60 minutes of paid airtime on public radio.
The CEC shall distribute the airtime no later than within 5 days after adopting the decision on holding a second round of elections of the National Assembly, as well as declaring the elections invalid and holding repeat voting.