(1) A holder of executive office as defined under Article 1.8, paragraph (6) of this Law and a mandate holder shall not be allowed to abuse public resources.
(2) The following actions shall constitute abuse of public resources referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article:
involvement of the civil servants who are subordinate to a candidate in the performance of work during the working hours in order to promote the candidate or political entities;
use of premises occupied by public institutions and authorities for pre-election campaigning activities where the use of the same premises is not guaranteed to other candidates and political entities under the same terms and conditions;
use of means of communication, information services, office equipment of public institutions and authorities for election campaigning;
use of a means of transportation owned by state, entity, city, cantonal or municipal authorities and organizations free of charge or at reduced charges for campaigning activities. This provision shall not be applicable to transport of individuals who under a regime of special protection defined by law which is provided as part of security measures applicable in respect of high-ranking officials subject to official protection provided by competent authorities during the course of performance of their official duties or when acting in line of their official duty;
collection of signatures or election campaigning carried out by persons who hold elected offices or are civil servants, during the official activities or events organized by a public institution or authority.
(3) Compliance with the restrictions referred to in paragraph (2) of this Article shall not prevent public and elected officials or civil servants from performing their official duties.
