Ismat Sattarov, chairman of the Audiovisual Council of Azerbaijan, has stated that the free airtime allocated for pre-election campaigns in the upcoming snap parliamentary elections should be at least three hours per week, Report informs.

He made this announcement during a meeting focused on ensuring equal opportunities for pre-election campaigning in Azerbaijan’s Milli Majlis (Parliament) elections and discussing the operational principles of media entities.

Sattarov explained that the free airtime is distributed equally among all registered candidates: