34. Are there provisions for free or subsidized access to media for candidates?

Electoral code (2011)2. Media PresentationArticle 75(1) The Broadcasting Council after previously obtained opinion from the State Election Commission adopts a Rulebook on the conduct of broadcasters in the period before commencement of the election campaign and a Rulebook on equitable access to media presentation during election campaign and shall publish them in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia.(2) The Rulebook on the conduct of broadcasters in the period before commencement of the electoral campaign shall stipulate the contents to be considered election media presentation and which shall not be allowed in the period before the commencement of the election campaign as well as the conduct of broadcasters from the day of announcement of elections to the day set for commencement of the election campaign.(3) The Rulebook on equitable access to media presentation during election campaign shall stipulate the forms of equitable electoral media presentation during the election campaign, the manner for securing equitable approach in presenting the participants in the electoral process in all forms of election media presentation and the methods of reporting during the election silence in the programming schemes of the broadcasters.(4) The broadcasters are required to comply with the rulebooks from paragraph (1) of this article.(5) The broadcasters are required to allow equitable access to election media presentation during the election campaign to all participants in the election process in accordance with the Rulebook on equitable access to media presentation during election campaign.

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