SECTOR 2 suspicion is based on the fact that the law forbids state officials to invest in media enterprises. The use of ‘nominees’ is quite widespread. A rural radio station called OATV, for example, is known to the public as belonging to a group of journalists, but in reality, the project belongs to a General in the army. It is also the case of a radio supported by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Okonja which actually happens to be the property of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Scores: Individual scores: 1 Country does not meet indicator 2 Country meets only a few aspects of indicator 3 Country meets some aspects of indicator 4 Country meets most aspects of indicator 5 Country meets all aspects of the indicator Average score: 4.3 2.5 Adequate competition legislation/regulation seeks to prevent media concentration and monopolies. There is a law against monopolies in Gabon. This law promotes greater liberalization and competition. Similarly, a commission was established to prevent the development of monopolies, but its implementation decree was never signed and the commission has remained a dead letter. The Code of Communication does not address the issues of competition and media concentration. As a result, horizontal concentration has become the norm. The BO Communications group is the owner of two television channels, a radio station and an advertising company. Multipresse, in turn, is the publisher of the daily Union, a magazine, and at the same time owns a printing press and a distribution company of newspapers SOGAPRESSE. There are even some owners who publish up to five titles of newspapers. AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER GABON 2016 81