Misdemeanor Procedures Initiated against 24 Vesti TV, Nova TV, Alfa TV and Sitel TV

Skopje, 28 November 2016 – Further to the action proposals submitted by the Ad Hoc Committee for Observing Media Coverage, the Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services filed three requests for initiating misdemeanor procedures to pronounce misdemeanor sanctions in the form of fines, and five requests to initiate misdemeanor procedures with the aim of pronouncing misdemeanor sanctions in the form of warnings.

Misdemeanour procedures requesting sanctions in the form of fines have been initiated against TV Nova DOOEL Skopje, for violation of Article 75-b and Article 75, Paragraph 1, of the Electoral Code, and against TV Sitel DOOEL Skopje, for violation of Article 75, Paragraph 1, of the Electoral Code. The violations were committed in the period from 1 to 10 November 2016.

Misdemeanour procedures requesting sanctions in the form of warnings have been initiated against: TV Nova DOOEL Skopje, for violation of Article 75-f and Article 76, Paragraph 4, of the Electoral Code; TV Alfa DOOEL Skopje, for violation of Article 75-c, and TV 24 Vesti DOOEL Shtip, for non-compliance with Article 75-f, Paragraph 2, and Article 76, Paragraph 4, of the Electoral Code. These violations were committed in the period from 21 until 24 November 2016.

The action proposals by the Ad Hoc Committee for Observing Media Coverage and the Reports on the Conducted Supervision (Monitoring) over 24 Vesti TV, Nova TV, Sitel TV and Alfa TV can be downloaded at the links given below:

Proposals to impose fines:

Proposal to impose a measure – TV Nova DOOEL Skopje (Article 75-b of the Electoral Code)

– Proposal to impose a measure – TV Nova DOOEL Skopje (Article 75, Paragraph 1 of the Electoral Code)

Written report on the monitoring conducted – TV Nova DOOEL Skopje


Proposal to impose a measure – TV Sitel DOOEL Skopje (Article 75, Paragraph 1, of the Electoral Code)
Written report on the monitoring conducted – TV Sitel DOOEL Skopje


 

Proposals to impose warning measures:

Proposal to impose a measure – TV Nova DOOEL Skopje (Article 76, Paragraph 4, of the Electoral Code)

Written report on the monitoring conducted – TV Nova DOOEL Skopje


Proposal to impose a measure – TV Nova DOOEL Skopje (Article 75-f, Paragraph 1, of the Electoral Code)

–  Written report on the monitoring conducted – TV Nova DOOEL Skopje


Proposal to impose a measure – Alfa TV DOOEL Skopje (Article 75-c of the Electoral Code)

– Written report on the monitoring conducted – Alfa TV DOOEL Skopje


Proposal to impose a measure – TV 24 Vesti DOOEL Shtip (Article 75-f, Paragraph 2, of the Electoral Code)

Written report on the monitoring conducted – TV 24 Vesti DOOEL Shtip


Proposal to impose a measure – TV 24 Vesti DOOEL Shtip (Article 76, Paragraph 4, of the Electoral Code)

Written report on the monitoring conducted – TV 24 Vesti DOOEL Shtip



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