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
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