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In order to avoid biased treatment of information not directly related to elections, the Venice Commission and ODIHR recommend strengthening the mandates of the supervisory bodies to enable enforcement of the campaign rules, prevent the violations of coverage, as well as giving supervisory bodies the ability to develop codes of good practice for the media during election periods. In these codes, without prejudice to the freedom of information that the media should enjoy, an obligation should be established to offer information in a balanced way, compensating the presence of members of the government derived from their official activity, with greater visibility of various political views, which notably includes the opposition representatives.