SECTOR 3 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: 2.9 (2005 = n/a; 2007 = n/a; 2009 = n/a; 2011 = n/a) 3.6 The state/public broadcaster is adequately funded in a manner that protects it from political interference through its budget and from commercial pressure. As mentioned in the previous item, financing is channelled by the Government, through programme contracts which both RM and TVM draw up with the Ministry of Finance. It is not Parliament which defines budgeting for the public broadcasting sector. What seems to be more problematic is that at some moments, like with the fourth round of the African Media Barometer (AMB), neither of these programme contracts existed, from which it can be presumed that there was no formal document, signed by the parties, covering the financing approved and the estimate of the respective payment.. The financing, as it has been structured, amounts to an excessive lack of editorial independence. Neither the top managers much less the editorial executives, enjoy a guarantee of irremovability, at least for the duration of their term of office. And as RM and TVM are in the public sector, they have no means of attracting a certain type of advertising, particularly faith-based, tobacco, alcoholic drinks etc. 98 AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER MOZAMBIQUE 2014