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Paragraph 63
 

Article 731, par. 11, added to the Election Code in November 2007, which introduced media monitoring to oversee the allocation of free air time for election campaigning, is a positive improvement; however, the media monitoring commissioned by the CEC during the 2008 parliamentary elections did not sufficiently identify unfairness in the media coverage. The Election Code should provide that the media monitoring results be used for prompt identification of any inequitable and preferential news coverage of candidates and parties, and that prompt corrective actions be taken by a specified body (CEC or the Georgian National Communications Commission) when necessary.