SECTOR 2 2.5 Adequate competition legislation/regulation seeks to prevent media concentration and monopolies. No legislation for or regulation of competition in the media sector exists. There are indeed various media groups that undertake their activities without restrictions. The RAGA Group, for example, has a number of radio and television channels and it also maintains an Internet presence, the Le Potentiel Group (print media) also has a radio (Radio 7) and Television (TV7) and an Internet presence, the same applies to the Avenir, Palmarès and other groups. 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: 1.2 2.6 Government promotes a diverse media landscape with economically sustainable and independent media outlets. Article 17 of the 1996 Law stipulates that “the State may provide” support for the media. However, the government has made no effort towards securing the sustainability of media bodies. Every year, since 2007, it votes on a media support budget, which in 2009 was increased from US$1 million to US$ 2 million without ever being implemented: the money was never received; nobody knows where the money goes and who spends it. According to certain panellists, it has indeed happened that auditors thinking that this support was paid out, approached the Congolese National Press Union (UNPC) to request the receipt of the usage of the 2 million Dollars allocated in the 2008 budget, while the UNPC has not seen 1 Franc of this money. 92 AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER Democratic Republic of Congo