32. Are there provisions for free or subsidized access to media for political parties?
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Uzbekistan
Article 8. State funding for the participation of political parties in elections to the Legislative Chamber and other representative bodies of state power
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State funds allocated to finance the participation of political parties in elections to the Legislative Chamber should be spent by the political party on:
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the organization of speeches for candidates for deputies of the Legislative Chamber on television, radio broadcasting and in other mass media;
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(Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Financing of Political Parties, 2004 available at http://www.lex.uz/pages/getpage.aspx?lact_id=168377 accessed January 2018).
B. MEDIA MONITORING RESULTS
The CEC allocated a significant amount of free airtime and space in state-owned media outlets, dividing it equally among contesting political parties, in compliance with its legal obligation. A total of 18 hours of free-of-charge political advertising was broadcast on state-owned television stations during the monitored period. Parties made little use of the opportunity to buy additional airtime.
(OSCE/ODIHR Limited Election Observation Mission Final Report, Republic of Uzbekistan, Parliamentary Elections, 21 December 2014, available at http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/uzbekistan/142576?download=true accessed January 2018).