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Article 76
 

(1) The Public Broadcasting Service is required to, without compensation, in cooperation with the State Election Commission, inform the citizens on the manner and the technique of voting and to broadcast other information related to the electoral process.


(2) During the election campaign, the Public Broadcasting Service is required to provide equitable access to the newscasts, whereby, 30% of the time it shall broadcast information on national and global daily events, 30% of the time on the campaign activities of the ruling political parties, 30% of the time on the campaign activities of the opposition political parties and 10% of the time on the campaign activities of the political parties not represented in the Parliament of RM.


(3) The time for informing on campaign activities of political parties shall be distributed in line with the principles of balanced reporting.


(4) The Public Broadcasting Service is required to provide regular reporting on the election process for the persons with hearing impairment.


(5) During the election campaign, in the first and the second round of voting, the Public Broadcasting Service is required to broadcast free political presentation of the participants in the election process, in line with the principles for balanced coverage of elections, determined in Article 75-а of this Code.


(6) The date and the order of the broadcast of free political presentation of the participants in the election campaign shall be determined by drawing of lots.


(7) The free political presentation of the TV programmes services of the Public Broadcasting Service should be broadcasted in the period between 16:00 to 23:00 hours.


(8) The programme service aimed at broadcasting the activities of the Parliament of Republic of Macedonia in the duration of 3 hours shall provide free political presentation of the campaigns of the political parties represented in the Parliament of Republic of Macedonia, as well as one hour of free political presentation of the campaigns of the list submitters who are not represented in the Parliament of Republic of Macedonia. As regards the use of the three hours i.e. the one hour, the participants in the campaign may decide to submit recorded material or use their time slot for direct address from studio.


(9) The free political presentation must be appropriate and visibly marked as “free political presentation” throughout the entire duration of the broadcast.


(10) The Public Broadcasting Service, within 60 days of the day of enactment of this Code, shall adopt Rules for Equitable Political Media Presentation, in consultation with the participants in the election process and the Agency for Audio and Audio Visual Media Services and shall publish them on its webpage.


(11) As of the day of calling elections until the election silence, the Public Broadcasting Service is required to organize debate shows of the main ruling and opposition political parties, as well as of the other electoral contestants.


(12) As of the day of calling elections until its completion, the reporting on regular activities of the state organs, the organs of the municipalities and of the City of Skopje, of state institutions and organizations, as well as on the activities of legal and other entities which are legally entrusted with public authorities, in the programmes of the broadcasters, should not be in support of the election media presentation of any political entity.