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Article 26
 

Electoral campaigning by holding mass events.


1. State agencies and bodies of local self-government shall be obliged to assist candidates or political parties in organizing assemblies and meetings with citizens, public debates and discussions, rallies, demonstrations and processions and ensure security during the mass events.


2. Applications from candidates and political parties on the allocation of premises owned by the state or municipal authorities for meetings with voters shall be considered by the state and local authorities upon their submission.


In the event that a candidate or a political party are refused to be provided premises for meetings with voters, state agencies and local authorities must issue a reasoned written decision on the refusal.


In the event that the said premises were given to one of the candidates or one of the political parties for holding mass events, the refusal to give the same premises to another candidate or another political party shall not be allowed.


3. Premises owned by the state or municipal authorities and those on the balance sheets of state enterprises, institutions and organizations shall be provided for meetings of candidates, the representatives of political parties, their trustees, the authorized representatives with voters on equal terms.


(In the version of the constitutional Law of the Kyrgyz Republic No 116 dated August 8, 2019)