BRATISLAVA, August 31 (WebNoviny.sk) – Ignore the ban on the publication of results of election polls 14 days before the elections, the opposition Liberation and Solidarity (SaS) is opposed to the law on the election campaign.
Right to information
This is the result of a draft amendment to the National Council of the Slovak Republic to address the next meeting in September. The proposal was submitted by Peter Osusky, Ondrej Dostal and Martin Klus. The petitioners point out that the Constitution of the Slovak Republic guarantees the freedom of expression and the right to information as the first of political rights.
"Freedom of expression and the right to seek and disseminate information can be legally limited if measures in a democratic society are necessary to protect the rights and freedoms of others, state security, public order, protection of public health and morality" cite the Constitution in the explanatory notes to the draft legislative amendment.
The law on electoral campaigns defines the conditions for the dissemination of information in the pre-election period in a way that, in the opinion of the petitioners, restricts freedom of expression and the freedom to disseminate information beyond the limits set by the Constitution .
Survey results do not endanger national security
In addition to the ban on an election campaign during the electoral moratorium, it is also a prohibition on the publication of election results in the 14 days before the elections, which were drawn up by law and restricted only to the election day.
"The restriction of freedom of expression and of the right to disseminate information is in this case lawful, as required by the Constitution, and in any case it can not be shown that such restrictions on freedom of expression and the right to dissemination information would be a measure in a democratic society needed to protect the rights and freedoms of others, state security, public order, the protection of public health and good morals. Disclosure of election results in the 14 days before the election does not pose a threat to the rights and freedoms of others, state security, public order, public health or morality, " they argue that there is therefore no legitimate and constitutional reason to restrict the dissemination of such information.
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