Azerbaijan, Baku, 15 September / Trend corr. S.Ismayilbeyli / The Public Broadcasting Council of Azerbaijan (PBC) agrees to grant free six-hour air time to all presidential candidates registered by the Central Elections Commission's (CEC) in a week, Ismayil Omarov, the head of the company, told Trend on 15 September.
"If the CEC makes an offer on the base of the legislation, we should agree with it," Omarov said.
The presidential elections will be held in Azerbaijan on 15 October. So far, the CEC has confirmed candidatures of the chairman of the New Azerbaijan Party Ilham Aliyev, the chairman of the Umid Party Igbal Agazade, the chairman of the Great Establishment Party Fazil Gazanfaroglu, the chairman of the Unified Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan Gudrat Hasanguliyev, the chairman of the Muasir Musavat Party Hafiz Hajiyev, the chairman of the Liberal Democrat Party Fuad Aliyev and an independent candidature Gulamhuseyn Alibeyli.
During the primary negotiations the PBC and the CEC discussed allocation of free three-hour air time to every presidential candidature in a week.
According to Omarov, three-hour air time will be allocated to all presidential candidates at the PBC and three-hour at its radio a week. Preparation of studios was completed and they are supplied with advanced equipments to ensure presidential candidatures' live speeches and debates. Paid air time would be granted at the PBC at the presidential candidatures' desire.
ITV will grant the paid air times from Monday to Thursday, at different time at the price ranging from AZN 10 to AZN 40 per second. The Public Radio will allocate air time from Monday to Thursday, at different time at the price ranging from AZN 5 to AZN 13 per second.
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