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Paragraph 87
 

In addition to Georgia, the Electoral Code of Armenia also refers to this issue in its Article 22:


1. Candidates occupying political, discretionary, civil positions, as well as candidates occupying a position of state or community servant shall conduct election campaigns taking into account the following restrictions:
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(3) coverage via mass media of activities of these candidates shall be prohibited, except for the cases prescribed by the Constitution, official visits and receptions, as well as activities carried out by them during natural disasters.


2. Where coverage of other activities of a candidate referred to in this Article is made, mass media exercising terrestrial broadcast transmission must consider this when making coverage of the activities of other candidates, in order to comply with the non-discriminatory principle of equality of coverage laid down by Article 19 of this Code.