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: Score of previous years: ✓ ✓✓✓ ✓ ✓✓ ✓✓ ✓✓ 1.8 2005=1.0; 2007=1.0; 2009=1.2; 2011=1.0; 2014=1.0 3.5 The editorial independence of the state/public broadcaster from political influence is guaranteed by law and practised to ensure balanced and fair news and current affairs programmes There is a formal guarantee in the constitution and in the Press Law, however, the panel assessed that in practise there is an absolute lack of balance. Therefore, it can be said that all public broadcasters in Mozambique are state broadcasters who are influenced to function as propaganda instruments, rather than working to promote the diversity of issues that reflect the country’s political climate. 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: Score of previous years: ✓ ✓✓✓ ✓✓✓ ✓ ✓ ✓✓ 2.3 2005=n/a; 2007=n/a; 2009=n/a; 2011=n/a; 2014=2.9 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 Funding is not adequate for the simple reason that it is not allocated by parliament, but through programme contracts signed with the government 37 AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER MOZAMBIQUE 2018