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Article 114
 

Specifics of Lodging a Complaint against Acts, or Inaction of Mass Media, their Owners, Officials, and Creative Staff Members

 

1.    A candidate for deputy, a party (bloc) – subject of the election process may lodge a complaint against acts, or inaction of mass media outlet, its owner, official or creative staff member, which violate the procedure of mass media activities during the election process stipulated by the law, including the realization of the right to reply according to paragraph 12 of article 71 of this Law, as well as other requirements of the law concerning election campaigning.

 

2.    The Central Election Commission or a district election commission shall have the right to lodge a complaint against acts, or inaction mentioned under paragraph 1 of this article upon its own initiative.

 

3.    The complaint mentioned under paragraphs 1 and 2 of this article shall be lodged to the local court at the location of the mass media outlet.

 

4.    A complaint mentioned under paragraph 1 of this article shall be lodged to:

 

1)     the Central Election Commission – concerning acts, or inaction of a nationwide mass media outlet, its owner, official or a creative staff member;

 

2)     respective district election commission – concerning acts, or inaction of a regional or local mass media outlet, its owner, official or a creative staff member.