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Article 66
 

(1) The electoral campaign conducted through the audiovisual programme services, public or private, must serve the following general interests:


a) of the voters, who should receive correct information, so that they could vote with full knowledge of the facts;
b) of the political parties, political alliances, electoral alliances, organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities, and candidates, who should be given the opportunity to introduce themselves and their platforms, their political programmes and electoral offers, to the public;
c) of the radio broadcasting companies, who should exercise their rights and duties deriving from the journalistic profession.


(2) Public and private radio broadcasters are bound to make sure that, within the audio-visual programme services, an equitable, well-balanced, and fair electoral campaign takes place for all political parties, political alliances, electoral alliances, organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities, as well as for all candidates.