SECTOR 1 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: 2.3 (2012 = 4.4, 2010 = 2.4, 2008 = 2.0, 2006 = 1.8 ) 1.11 Media legislation evolves from meaningful consultations among state institutions, citizens and inter-est groups. The panel took as example the discussions surrounding the current Communication Code, which it has deemed as superficial. The participants to these discussions received a thick document the day before the meeting. The general opinion is that this discussion was a means to obtain some credibility vis-à-vis the general public. Those who were principally concerned, the journalists, have the bitter feeling of having been consulted merely “so that the law would pass” and have little hope in this Communication Code. 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: 2.1 (2012 = 2.1, 2010 = 2.3, 2008 = n/a, 2006 = n/a) Average score for sector 1: 2.9 AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER MADAGASCAR 2016 73