Prohibition on use of public resources in support of candidates, political parties, or coalitions
Except as otherwise provided for by law, no resource of any ministry, or other institution of the public administration at a national or local level, can be used or applied in support of a candidate, political party, or coalition in an election.
For the purposes of this article, “resource” shall include tangible and intangible items as defined in article 142 of the Civil Code as well as every human resource of the institution. “Human resources” means the utilization of the administration of the institution during working hours for electoral purposes. The hiring, dismissal from employment, revocation of assignment, reassignment and transfer with the exception of justified cases, are also considered as activities of the institution of the public administration.
