Similarly to the current Code, Article 90(6) stipulates that all national media service providers who submit to the AVC a statement on editorial policy to cover the elections/referendum shall be required to organise one or more electoral debates, to be broadcasted. As noted in previous ODIHR reports, the resulting high number of debates devalues these programmes and leads electoral competitors to delegate participation in the debates to rank-and-file members rather than party leaders. Consideration should be given to finding an optimal balance for the number of debates while allowing some media service providers to produce other analytical programmes instead of debates.