NewsWhore
06-18-2007, 06:00 PM
More than a few people are upset over the new JCE rules on how long and how much to spend on election campaigns. The rules stipulate how long campaigns should run, and sets a cost limit for each party's 2008 election campaign budget. The regulations also provide guidelines on the use of the media, public assemblies and the publication of opinion polls. Roberto Rosario, the magistrate in charge of the Central Electoral Board (JCE) Administrative Chamber, presented the guidelines. As reported in Hoy, the guidelines provide for equal access to the media, including equal costs, and restrictions on offensive language. Rosario also said that the political parties will have just 10 days to remove their propaganda from the streets after the elections were over.
The president of the International Press Society (IAPA) Rafael Molina Morillo called the regulations "unacceptable" because they threatened freedom of expression and media use rights. Molina, who is also the director of Santo Domingo's El Dia newspaper, said that freedom of expression was a basic right without which other rights would be exposed to violation.
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The president of the International Press Society (IAPA) Rafael Molina Morillo called the regulations "unacceptable" because they threatened freedom of expression and media use rights. Molina, who is also the director of Santo Domingo's El Dia newspaper, said that freedom of expression was a basic right without which other rights would be exposed to violation.
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