7. Ministerial Decision No. (141) of 2022 on the Regulation of Electoral Campaigning for the Elections of Members of the Parliament and Municipal Councils emphasizes the commitment of each candidate for the Parliament and Municipal Councils to adhere to civilized codes of conduct in their electoral campaigns. This includes refraining from harming or defaming other candidates, directly or indirectly questioning their competence, and complying with other regulatory matters related to electoral campaigning. 8. The decision also includes the prohibitions that every candidate for the Parliament and Municipal Councils must avoid, such as organizing and holding meetings, delivering electoral speeches, and placing posters and advertisements inside, outside, or on the following places and facilities: mosques, funeral, and other places of worship, ministries and their affiliated departments and attached entities, government buildings, public institutions, and entities, public places designated for public services, universities, scientific institutes, government and private schools, memorials and their bases, historical buildings and surrounding walls, electricity, lighting, telephone poles, traffic signs, and signals, the headquarters of supervisory committees, polling and sorting committees, bridges, tunnels, roundabouts, street islands, sidewalks, and trees, public transport, and public vehicles. Furthermore, the establishment of festivals and electoral gatherings within a distance of less than two hundred meters from all sides of the headquarters of supervisory committees and polling and sorting committees is prohibited. In all cases, electoral campaigning should not jeopardize public security, public morals, religious beliefs, or prevailing societal traditions. Additionally, the ministerial decision has banned 55

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