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32. Are there provisions for free or subsidized access to media for political parties?

Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Answer
Yes
Source

Regulation Concerning the Procedure for Determining the Apportionment of Government Financial Support to Political Parties Regulation Number 5/2009, 20 July 2009

The Revised Political Parties Registration No. 573/2008, 24 September 2008

The Amended Electoral Law of Ethiopia, Proclamation No. 532/2007

 

 

Comment

44. Use of the Mass Media

  1. Political parties and their supporters are entitled to equal access to state-owned mass media including radio, TV and newspapers.

  2. Candidates shall be entitled to get access to free airtime on the state-owned media.

  3. The use of the mass media shall be carried out in accordance with the allocation directive to be developed by the Board in collaboration with the Ethiopian Broadcasting Authority

    and the participation of the contesting political parties.

  4. the code of conduct and implementation guidelines dealing with mass media use,

    journalists’ coverage of elections and related matters shall be determined by the directive to be issued by the Board.

The Ethiopian Electoral and Political Parties Proclamation No…/2019

 

Art 59 (1)"Political organizations and sections of the community that are in support of a candidate shall be entitled to equal access to state-owned mass media including radio, TV and newspapers."

The Amended Electoral Law of Ethiopia, Proclamation No. 532/2007

 Art 42 (4) "The utilization of mass media shall be carried out in accordance with the election law."

The Revised Political Parties Registration No. 573/2008, 24 September 2008

Art 13 (1)"The financial support given to political parties by the government comprises of availing the parties the free use of government meeting halls, rendering mass media services according to the law and rendering of other similar services."

Regulation Concerning the Procedure for Determining the Apportionment of Government Financial Support to Political Parties Regulation Number 5/2009, 20 July 2009).

Art 13 (3)"The Board shall compute in terms of money, the share of air time given to a political party as part of the total financial support allocated to it according to this Regulation, and inform it thereof."

Regulation Concerning the Procedure for Determining the Apportionment of Government Financial Support to Political Parties Regulation Number 5/2009, 20 July 2009

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