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Article 93
 

Basic principles of election campaigning


1. Election campaigning shall include the activities intended for the dissemination of political advertising.


2. Election campaigning shall be conducted in compliance with the Constitution, this Code and other laws, and follow the principles of morality, justice, social harmony and fair and honest elections. It shall be prohibited to carry out election campaigning activities which conflicts with the requirements referred to in this paragraph and to use means of manipulating social media platform accounts.


3. The Central Electoral Commission shall make recommendations on election campaigning that complies with the requirements of this Code and on dissemination of political advertising, shall resolve all disputes relating to election campaigning, and shall decide whether the released information constitutes political advertising and whether the information released through the mass media during election campaigning is compromising.