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

X. CAMPAIGN FINANCE

While the Election Code provides that all expenses related to the preparation and conduct of elections is covered by the state, there are limited provisions regulating campaign finance. 

(OSCE/ODIHR Election Assessment Mission Final Report, Parliamentary Elections, 15 December 2013, Turkmenistan, available at http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/116011?download=true accessed January 2018).

SECTION XVI. FINANCING OF ELECTIONS, REFERENDUMS

Article 88. Financing of elections, referenda

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3. The following expenditures are financed from the state budget of Turkmenistan and the budget of the Gengesh:

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6) provision of free airtime, free print space to candidates, initiative groups of the referendum;

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(Law of Turkmenistan on Political Parties, 2012 available at http://asgabat.net/stati/zakonodatelstvo-turkmenistana/zakon-turkmenistana-o-politicheskih-partijah.html  accessed January 2018).

General provision of free airtime and free print space.