Purpose of the monitoring begun on 1 August is to assist in lightening of the election campaign in mass media and securing equal participation of all political forces. Council of Europe recommends that mass media (MM) must enlighten the election campaigns in balanced, just and precise manner. The monitoring to be carried out on 7 national TV channels and 8 newspapers will continue till October 15 and reports will be submitted in every 15 days.
The monitoring includes calculation of air time of information materials and political advertisement in TV channels, as well as protection of objectivity and balance in all MM. Meanwhile, the total results of the monitoring will be announced after presidential elections.
Information presented in TV channels after official registration about presidential candidates will be represented as a negative, positive and neutral assessment. Meanwhile, the monitoring also reflects international opinion, declarations and thoughts of the representatives of foreign states and international organizations.