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Article 33
 

Prohibited Actions by Political Entities


During the campaigning period a Political Entity, its supporters or candidates shall be prohibited from doing any of the following:


a) removing, covering, destroying, or altering any printed notice, placard, poster or other material, which is used for the purpose of election campaigning by another Political Entity;


b) displaying notices, placards and posters, or otherwise placing their names or slogans related to the election campaign, in or on public buildings or structures, on or above public roads, on public road traffic signs, in or on premises or structures occupied or otherwise used by international organizations, or in private premises without permission of the owners or users;


c) carrying or displaying weapons of any kind at political meetings or during any events related to the activities of Political Entities. The carrying of weapons by other persons at political meetings/events is permitted only if the persons carrying such weapons have been authorized to do so by the appropriate authorities and the Kosovo Police have been notified in advance that such weapons will be carried at given meetings;


d) disturbing meetings of other Political Entities or inciting others to do so;


e) preventing or attempting to prevent journalists from carrying out their professional functions;


f) promising any financial reward for the purpose of gaining support of voters;


g) threatening, or attempting to threaten, other Political Entities or their supporters or candidates;


h) encouraging any person to register to vote in an election who has no legal right to register;


i) encouraging any person to vote in an election who has no legal right to vote;


j) encouraging a person to vote more than once in the same election, or to vote in the name of another person;


k) abusing the right to complain, or making false, frivolous or vexatious complaints or submissions to the ECAC;


l) using language, in oral or written form, which incites or provokes, or is likely to incite or provoke, another person to commit an act of violence against other persons or property, or which incites or is likely to incite hatred towards others, or publishing or using pictures, symbols or any other material that has or is likely to have such effects; or


m) for the purpose of promoting a Political Entity or its candidates using pictures, symbols or any other material which refers to a person who:
(i) is serving a sentence imposed by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia; or
(ii) is under indictment by the Tribunal and has failed to comply with an order to appearbefore the Tribunal.