BRATISLAVA (SITA) - One of the controversial provisions in the revision of the election law, currently in the pipeline in Parliament, is a restriction on campaigning in the media. Thirty days before elections, parties would only be allowed to campaign in the public Slovak TV and the public Slovak Radio, and campaigning in private media would not be allowed. At the meeting of parliamentary faction leaders on Thursday, Speaker of Parliament Ivan Gašparovič decided the controversial amendment would be discussed in the third and final reading in Parliament on May 20. However, along with strong criticism by the opposition, opinions on the campaigning restriction provision differ in the governing coalition. Jozef Prokeš, honorary chairman of the Slovak National Party, a junior partner in the governing coalition, says objectivity must be guaranteed in the election campaign without giving preference to some media. A fair media campaign is the best way to preserve democracy, says Prokeš. Ján Füle, chairman of the Slovak Syndicate of Journalists considers excluding private media from campaigning 30 days before elections unconstitutional. He believes that under the current circumstances, dissemination of political campaign presentations exclusively by public media does not guarantee objectivity and liquidates fair political competition. Contrary to Füle, Ján Smolec, parliamentary deputy for the governing HZDS and chairman of the pro-government Association of Slovak Journalists finds those restrictions appropriate. The opposition is very critical about the servility of the public Slovak TV and Radio and their biased reporting. According to unconfirmed information from the Slovak TV, the Slovak Cabinet is planning to allocate additional 30 million SKK for wages of the Slovak TV news desk reporters in the pre-election period.