1. Anyone shall be prohibited from taking advantage of his official position in state or municipal institutions, agencies or organisations, as well as in the state or municipal mass media for any form of campaigning or from instructing other persons to do so, or from trying to exert influence upon the will of voters in any other manner, taking advantage of his official position. State or municipal officials, public servants shall be prohibited from taking advantage of their official position in order to provide exclusive conditions for campaigning for themselves or for the party. A person who violates the provisions of this Article may be held administratively or criminally liable in accordance with the procedure laid down by law. 2. If a person is a candidate, he may use the national mass media only according to the procedure set forth in Article 50 of this Law. If a candidate due to the fulfilment of his duties has to release important news to the mass media, he may do so only at a press conference. It shall be permitted to broadcast through the means of the national mass media or in programmes of the mass media financed from the state or municipal funds only a recording of the conference or a portion thereof which contains no elements of campaigning.
§ Article 52Prohibition to Take Advantage of one’s Official Position for Campaigning
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