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Article 21
 

Article 29 is amended to read:


"The Croatian Television and the Croatian Radio shall follow the electoral campaign, and during the electoral campaign are obliged in their activities to enable all those participating in the elections to present and explain their election programmes. Broadcasters of other media shall decide independently whether and to what extent they will follow the electoral campaign.


All broadcast media are obliged, in their activities of following the electoral campaign and presenting the electoral activities of candidates in the election, to guarantee journalistic independence, professionalism and expertise, consistent compliance with the journalistic code of ethics and in particular the fundamental principle of the freedom of expression stipulated in the Constitution of the Republic of Croatia, the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, guided by the interests of the public."