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Article 86
 

86.1. State bodies and municipalities should assist the registered candidate, political party, bloc of political parties, and referendum campaign group in organizing and holding meetings and open discussions with citizens.


86.2. Applications of the registered candidate, political party, bloc of political parties, or their agents requesting the allocation of a venue for meetings with voters, shall be considered by the relevant executive authority in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Azerbaijan.


86.3. Venues (buildings, rooms) which are suitable for holding meetings with voters and which are owned by the state or municipalities shall be provided free of charge by their owners, at the times agreed to by registered candidates, political parties, blocs of political parties, authorized representatives of referendum campaign groups, or their agents, and the election commission. if a venue (building, room) is allocated to one of the registered candidates, political party, bloc of political parties, or referendum campaign group for conducting preelection (pre-referendum) campaigning, the owner may not refuse to allocate the same venue (building, room) with the same conditions to another candidate, political party, bloc of political parties, or referendum campaign group. Election commissions shall create equal conditions for the registered candidates, political parties, blocs of political parties, and referendum campaign groups to conduct preelection campaigning using mass actions.


86.4. Registered candidates, political parties, blocs of political parties, and referendum campaign groups shall have the right, regardless of the form of ownership, to lease, based on a contract, buildings and rooms owned by citizens and organizations, in order to hold meetings and discussions with voters, and conduct other preelection mass activities.


86.5. Buildings and equipment considered cultural facilities in accordance with the relevant State register may not be used for preelection campaigning purposes.


86.6. it shall be prohibited to conduct a pre-election campaign in the territory of military units, military organizations and military institutions. Registered candidates, political parties, blocs of political parties, and referendum campaign groups, and their authorized representatives and agents, may conduct meetings with voters who are in military service within the territory of military unit, when such meetings are arranged by the commanders of those military units in cooperation with the Constituency Election Commission, only if all registered candidates, political parties with registered candidates, blocs of political parties, and referendum campaign groups for this constituency are invited or informed of this meeting at least three days in advance. The persons mentioned above, political parties, blocs of political parties, and referendum campaign groups should be provided with equal conditions for conducting such meetings, and opportunities shall be ensured for observers to observe such meetings.


86.7. According to legislation, the relevant executive bodies shall ensure security and public order during pre-election mass actions.