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25 Sep. 2024 / 12:42
The comment of the Public Company “Teleradio-Moldova” on the correctness of some election promotion messages
In the context of the accusations made by a participant in the republican constitutional referendum of October 20, 2024 regarding the rejection of the electoral promotion message, the Public Institution “Teleradio-Moldova” Company (TRM) specifies that, both in relation to the respective political party, as well as with other electoral contestants and participants in the referendum, it is strictly guided by the provisions of the Electoral Code, the Regulation on the coverage of elections by media institutions and other normative acts and internal regulations of the institution, adopted transparently and published on the official website - www.trm.md.
The Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova was requested to adjust the content of the respective election promotion message due to non-compliance with several legal provisions, including: item 40 of the Regulation on the coverage of elections by the media - “Free airtime granted is used exclusively for the exposure of electoral programs in the election promotion broadcasts”; item. 113 of the Regulation on the manner of provision, distribution and broadcasting of political and electoral advertising and messages of public interest - "During the election period, within the free airtime and free advertising granted under Art. 90 paras. (7) and (8) of the Election Code No. 325/2022, as well as within the display provided for in item 68, the advertising provider may not: a) engage in election propaganda against other electoral subjects", etc.
We note in this context that TRM thoroughly examines all the election promotion messages and election advertising spots presented by the candidates and referendum participants and rejected the broadcasting of several of them, and requested their adjustment to the legal and technical norms. Among the non-compliances detected were: the lack of subtitles, the presence of forbidden images and the non-compliance of the duration of the election spot with legal regulations.
Under these legal conditions, our institution, while assuring the public that it does not wish to intervene in the political process and is aware of its neutral status, which it will take into account from now on, is taking care that the language used by politicians on its distribution platforms corresponds to the civilized character provided by the legislation.
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