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10. RIGHT OF REPLY AND OF RETRACTION

Paragraph 5 of Art. 22 of the Political Constitution provides the right to retraction as follows:

5. ?The right to freedom of opinion and expression of thought in any medium, without prejudice of the responsibilities determined by law.

Numeral 9 of Article 23 of the Constitution provides for the right of rectification: ?Whoever is affected by baseless or inaccurate statements, or has his honor offended by non-paid information or publication in the press or other news media shall have the right to rectification, free of charge, in the same space or time as the information or publication being rectified.?



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