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Article 34
 

1. During the campaigning period, a political entity, its supporters or candidates shall be
prohibited from doing any of the following:


1.1. removing, covering, destroying, or altering any printed notice, placard, poster
or other material, which is used for the purpose of electoral campaigning by another
political entity;



1.2. displaying notices, placards and posters, or otherwise placing their names or
slogans related to the electoral campaign, in or on public buildings or structures, on
or above public roads, on public road traffic signs, in or on premises or structures
occupied or otherwise used by international organizations, or in private premises
without permission of the owners or users;



1.3. carrying or displaying weapons of any kind at political meetings or during any events
related to the activities of political entities. The carrying of weapons by other persons at
political meetings/events is permitted only if the persons carrying such weapons have
been authorized to do so by the appropriate authorities and the Kosovo Police has
been notified in advance that such weapons will be carried at given meetings;



1.4. disrupting the gatherings of other political entities or inciting others to do so;



1.5. preventing or attempting to prevent journalists from carrying out their professional
functions;



1.6. promising any financial reward for the purpose of gaining support of voters;


1.7. threatening or attempting to threaten other political entities, their supporters or
candidates;



1.8. encouraging any person to vote in an election who does not have the right to vote;



1.9. encouraging a person to vote more than once in the same election, or to vote in the
name of another person;



1.10. abusing the right to complain, or making false, frivolous or vexatious complaints
or submissions to the ECAP;



1.11. using language, in oral or written form, which incites or provokes, or is likely to
incite or provoke, another person to commit an act of violence against other persons
or property, or which incites or is likely to incite hatred towards others, or publishing or
using pictures, symbols or any other material that has or is likely to have such effects.