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> So they'll only ban non-political advertising

That's likely to be the case anyway, because politicians are rarely willing to restrict themselves. The US Do Not Call list has an exception for political spam.

(See also: why the two biggest political parties are unlikely to support better voting systems.)

>>JoshTr+(OP)
There are other (democratic) countries with restriction on political ads. For the ruling party it isn't as bad as they got other means (official government communication etc.) while advertising is mostly needed as a tool for the opposition for being able to bring topics on the agenda.