Political Party Election Broadcasts

1. How long should the PEBs be?

The Regulations state that, a PEB must be a maximum of 40 seconds in length.

2. Who is responsible for recording PEBs for Political Parties and Independent Candidates?

It is the responsibility of a political party and the Independent Candidate to pre-record PEB material and submit same to a broadcaster.

3. What is the process of submitting a PEB to a broadcaster and can a political party and an Independent Candidate make a submission to any radio station they deem fit/necessary?

A political party or an Independent Candidate that seeks to broadcast a PEB must submit same to the broadcaster at least five (5) working days before broadcast of such a PEB, and only the published radio stations (in the schedule) are mandated to broadcast PEBs.

4. Can a broadcaster edit or alter a PEB when requested to do so by a political party or an Independent Candidate?

A broadcaster, to whom a PEB has been submitted by a political party or an Independent Candidate for broadcast, must not in any way edit or alter the content of the PEB.

A broadcaster can reject a PEB and request the political party or Independent Candidate to alter or edit the material.

5. Can a political party or Independent Candidate submit content which has been submitted as a PA for a PEB broadcast?

No. Content broadcast as a PEB cannot be broadcast or transmitted as a PA

6. What happens when a political party or Independent Candidate has not used its PEB slot?

PEB air-time allocated to a political party and an Independent Candidate but not used by a party/candidate shall be forfeited by the party concerned. A broadcaster must use that slot for its normal business.

7. Can a political party or Independent Candidate request a broadcaster to trade its time slot or change its allocated PEB slot to another time slot

No. A broadcaster or political party must not permit or engage in any interference with, or trade-offs in the sequence or scheduling of PEB(s). Political parties are not permitted to swap PEB slots.

8. Who is responsible for identifying the difference between a PA and a PEB.

Broadcasters are responsible for putting a disclaimer at the beginning and the end of a PEB to ensure that a PEB is easily identifiable by the listeners or viewers. In addition, PEB must be a direct address from a political party concerned.