33. What criteria determine allocation for free or subsidized access to media for political parties?

Albania

Albania

Answer
Share of seats
Source

Article 80, The Electoral Code, 2020

Comment

A total of two hours shall be provided to the CEC, according to the time slots it requests. At least two-thirds of this time must be between 1800 and 2200;
b) for parliamentary parties that have received more than 20 percent of the seats in the last elections to the Assembly, the CEC shall allocate airtime equal to no less than 30 minutes on the public television and the same airtime on the public radio; for other parliamentary parties, this airtime shall be no less than 15 minutes. If airtime is increased for one party or one respective coalition, the time allotted to another party or coalition shall be proportionally increased;
c) each non-parliamentary party that participates in elections shall benefit 10 minutes in the public television and 10 minutes in the public radio;
ç) the respective electoral subject must be clearly identified on any political programme or advertisement for purposes of electoral propaganda. If the political programme or advertisement is not clearly identifiable, the CEC shall order the immediate suspension of its broadcast until due identification is made as required in this point.

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