Public officials Election And Recall Act Article 46

In accordance with the provisions of Article 48 and during the period designated for campaign activities for elections for public officials, election commissions shall hold public meetings at public expense, where candidates shall personally attend the meeting and shall present their political views. However, this meeting may be waived with the consent of all the candidates in the electoral district, and depending on the actual circumstances, it may or may not be held for elections for township (city) council representatives, indigenous district representatives and chiefs of villages (boroughs). This shall not apply to elections for legislators at-large and legislators residing overseas.The public meeting specified in the preceding paragraph may be held through television or other mass broadcast media.The time allotted to each candidate for each occurrence of the public meetings specified in the preceding paragraph shall be fifteen minutes; the television channel, time, procedures, and other related matters shall be determined by the Central Election Commission.