Inadmissibility of Abuse of the Right for Making Election Agitation and Agitation for Referendum
Agitation election materials, agitation materials for the referendum, appearance at meetings, rallies, in the press, on television and radio must not contain propaganda of war, appeals for forcible change of the constitutional system, violation of the territorial integrity of the Republic of Belarus, insults or slander in relation to official persons of the Republic of Belarus and other candidates for the position of the President of the Republic of Belarus and candidates for deputies. Agitation or propaganda of social, racial, national, religious or linguistic supremacy as well as issuance and spreading of information and materials arousing social, racial, national or religious enmity shall be prohibited.
Candidates for the position of the President of the Republic of Belarus and candidates for deputies, their proxies, organisations and persons agitating for election of candidates, for or against questions offered for the referendum shall have no right to distribute among citizens monetary funds, gifts or other material values, make discount sales of commodities or render free-of-charge any services and commodities except for agitation printed materials specially made for the election campaign or for the holding of the referendum with the observance of the requirements of this Code. In carrying election agitation or agitation for a referendum it shall be prohibited to influence citizens by promises of transfer to them of monetary funds or material values.
In case of violation of the requirements of this article the respective commissions shall take measures for stopping abuse of the right for election agitation and agitation for the referendum and the commission on elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus and electoral commissions shall also have the right to cancel the decision on registration of the candidate.
