Electoral Gazette published regulating campaign and propaganda for this #28Jul

In the last few hours, the National Electoral Council (CNE) published the Electoral Gazette that regulates the campaign and propaganda for the upcoming elections on July 28 in Venezuela.

Document No. 1061 states that the campaign begins this Thursday, July 4, and ends at midnight on Thursday, July 25.

This gazette is divided into five chapters that explain in detail how the electoral campaign in Venezuela works.

This gazette also establishes which dissemination activities are not permitted.

19 cases

According to Article 6, which speaks about prohibited electoral propaganda, and in accordance with what is established in Article 75 of the Organic Law of Electoral Processes, propaganda that

In addition to this, they detail how electoral propaganda should be in the media:

1. In open signal television service providers, national or international
   regional, for a maximum time of three (3) minutes per day, per provider, not
   cumulative.
2. In subscription television service providers, for a time
   Maximum of three (3) minutes per day, not cumulative, for each channel included in your
   total channel offering.

Article 8. Radio propaganda. Candidates, as well as organizations with
political purposes may contract the dissemination of electoral propaganda with service providers
sound broadcasting service, at national or regional level, for a maximum period of time
of four (4) minutes per day per service provider, not cumulative.

And the means of electoral propaganda through information and communication technologies:

Article 13. Social networks. Information and propaganda dissemination on the networks
social, through the different platforms that compose it, will be subject to the
compliance with the provisions of the Organic Law of Electoral Processes, its Regulations
General and this Specific Regulation. The National Electoral Council, in coordination with
The National Telecommunications Commission (CONATEL) will carry out monitoring
and permanent monitoring of the performance of social networks during the process
electoral, in order to eradicate the phenomena of misinformation or non-compliance
of the electoral regulations.

The National Telecommunications Commission (CONATEL), in accordance with the
determinations adopted by the National Electoral Council during the electoral campaign,
will apply the necessary measures to sanction non-compliance in accordance with the
electoral legislation and the resolutions issued by the Governing Body.

Visit our section: Nationals

To stay informed and keep up to date with everything that is happening in the world and in the country, click on the following links.