"The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia": : New Regulation for political advertising during elections

• Autores: Borce Manevski
• Localización: IRIS: Legal Observations of the European Audiovisual Observatory, ISSN-e 1023-8565, Nº. 2, 2016
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In light of the heaviest political crisis since the independence of the country, the four biggest political parties agreed on regulation of political advertising. According to many experts, political advertising severely influences the editorial policy of the media outlets, especially during elections. Based on the political agreement, which has been achieved with mediation by the European Union, the National Parliament amended the Electoral Code (Изборен законик) in order to ensure that the political parties will have equal access to the media during the early elections, scheduled for April 2016. Besides the classic media, the regulation now also encompasses the internet publishers, meaning news websites. The text of the law operates with the term “electronic media (internet portals)”.