32. Are there provisions for free or subsidized access to media for political parties?

Article 3 of the Code, defines the following: For electoral purposes, the political parties have right to, among others, broadcast time to present their electoral programme. Article 87 of the Law further specifies the following: 1. The candidates for the office of President of the Republic, the political parties and the party coalitions participating in the elections have the right to access and use of public and private radio and television services during the official period of the electoral campaign, in accordance with the following terms: a) radio: ten minutes a day during the hours of twelve and twenty-two hours; b) television: five minutes a day during the hours of eighteen and twenty-two hours. 2. The broadcast times stipulated in the preceding paragraph is for each candidate to the office of President of the Republic and, in the case of the parliamentary elections, for each party or coalition of parties. 3. The private media may grant broadcast time to the candidates, political parties or coalitions of parties participating in the election. This access shall be on equal terms for all candidates and shall comply with the provisions of this law and the distribution grids established by the National Election Commission. 4. In case the official time periods for the presidential and parliamentary election campaigns occur at the same time, the broadcast access times stipulated in paragraph one shall be granted on alternate days, with each day dedicated to a single type of election. 5. During the second round of voting for the presidential election, each candidate has the right to ten minutes of broadcast time on television and fifteen minutes on radio. 6. The regional radio and television broadcasters shall operate sequentially with the national programming in the periods set for the broadcasting times referred to in this Article. 7. The distribution of the order of utilization of the broadcast times is determined by a lottery conducted by the National Election Commission. 8. The utilization of the broadcast times is free. The cost of the recording of the material to be broadcast is for the account of the candidates.