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Article 47
 

Ban to Take Advantage of Official Position for Election Campaigning



1. Anyone shall be prohibited from taking advantage of her/his official position in state or municipal institutions and agencies, as well as in the state or municipal mass media for any form of election campaigning or from instructing other people to do so or from trying to exert influence upon the will of voters in any other manner, taking advantage of her/his official position. State, municipal officers shall be prohibited from using their official position to create for themselves or others exceptional conditions of election campaigning. In the event the officer violates this Article, criminal or administrative action may be brought against this officer according to the law.



2. If a person is a candidate for President, s/he may use the state or municipal mass media only according to the procedure set out in Article 41 of this Law. If a candidate to the office of President due to the fulfilment of her/his duties has to release important news to the mass media, s/he may do so only at a press conference. The state or municipal mass media may publicise only a recording of such conference, which contains no election campaigning.