DECREE OF CENTRAL ELECTION COMMISSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN
№689
February 14th, 2015
About campaigning of presidential candidates Uzbekistan during the election campaign for President of the Republic of Uzbekistan
On the basis of Article 28 of the Law “On Elections of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan” in order to create a level playing field during the election campaign the candidates for President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Uzbekistan decides:
1. Provide candidates for President of Uzbekistan during the campaigning: 900 minutes of airtime on television and radio “O’zbekiston” and “Yoshlar” of National Broadcasting Company of Uzbekistan; 10 bands print space in newspapers “Xalq so’zi”, “Narodnoye Slovo” and “Pravda Vostoka”.
2. To establish that: candidates for the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan independently determine the types, forms, methods and content of the materials campaigning in the media; airtime provided by paragraph 1 of this resolution shall not apply to broadcast in a single block of campaign videos, radio reels of candidates.
3. National Broadcasting Company of Uzbekistan, the newspaper “Xalq so’zi”, “Narodnoye Slovo” and “Pravda Vostoka” to provide the necessary and equal conditions for performances during the election campaign of candidates for President of the Republic of Uzbekistan in accordance with the requirements of the legislation.
4. Take note that in accordance with Article 16 of the Law “On Elections of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan” equal conditions for election campaigning candidates for President of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the regional media assigned to the district election commission.
5. Media: – To ensure a level playing field when illuminated in the news programs and other informational materials of pre-election activities of candidates for the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan;
– With coverage of the election activities guided by the Regulation “On the procedure of using the media by candidates for President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the political parties in conducting campaigning during the election campaign”, approved by the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated September 18, 2007 № 319.
6. The enforcement of this decision to assign to the deputy chairman of the Central Election Commission K.Adilov.
Chairman
M. Abdusalomov
