Photo: Tanjug/Sava RadovanovićAmong the prohibited activities are the organization (and payment) of medical examinations, the distribution of medicines, medical equipment and devices, and the like, the Agency announced.
The Agency for the Prevention of Corruption announced that it is reminding the participants of the election campaign that the financing of activities of a humanitarian nature is prohibited during the campaign.
Among the prohibited activities are the organization (and payment) of medical examinations, the distribution of medicines, medical devices and apparatus, and the like, the Agency announced.
As stated, the distribution of promotional material in the form of packages with basic foodstuffs (e.g. flour, oil, sugar, etc.), the distribution of packages with basic hygiene accessories (e.g. toilet paper, detergent, chemical means for maintaining hygiene and fig.).
Prohibition of using public resources
Also, the Agency states that political entities during the election campaign cannot use public resources, including official premises, vehicles, websites and inventory of state, provincial and local authorities, public institutions and public companies.
"These public resources cannot be used for the purposes of making promotional videos of political parties and publishing them," added the Agency.
The only exception provided by the law is for public officials who use public resources to protect personal safety, if this is specifically regulated by regulations in that area or by a decision of the services that take care of the safety of officials.
The Agency for the Prevention of Corruption adds that election campaign observers (field observers and coordinators) have started work in the field.
They have the authority to, on behalf of the Agency, until election day, unhinderedly collect information and data related to the activities of political subjects in the election campaign through audio and video recordings, photos in electronic format and collecting copies of promotional election materials.
Buying votes
As the organization states on its website record, during the election campaign there are phenomena that can be characterized as buying votes, pressure on voters, official campaign and misuse of public resources.
These phenomena, which can be summed up under one name - electoral corruption, prohibited by law, affect the quality of the electoral process in many ways.
The promise of any reward or compensation, be it money, employment, promotion, getting a building or any other permit, grocery package or anything else in exchange for voting one's way is vote buying.
A criminal act
According to Article 156 of the Criminal Code, vote buying is a criminal offense and is punishable by up to three years in prison. In the same way, voters are prohibited from selling their vote.
During the previous elections, it often happened that parties bribed voters by offering them a certain benefit in their daily life.
They take them on free trips and medical examinations. They give them humanitarian aid, food or hygiene packages. They buy them household appliances or firewood. They whitewash buildings and health centers, arrange parks, remove landfills. They give gifts to public institutions like hospitals and nursing homes.
Official campaign
It is not uncommon for public officials to be candidates on election lists at the same time. However, if during the pre-election campaign they use their public office to gain additional media attention for the parties through the implementation of regular activities, then they are abusing their public office and conducting what is called an official campaign
A politician is in an official campaign if, in the period before the elections, he credits himself and his party for the realization of a project that was financed with citizens' money.
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