34. Are there provisions for free or subsidized access to media for candidates?

The PNGEC did not stipulate any requirements for the national broadcaster to offer free air time for political party broadcasts or for local newspapers to offer a nominal amount of free space to political parties for their campaign messages.

Source: Commonwealth Observer Group, Report of the Commonwealth Observer Group, Papua New Guinea National Elections June-July 2012 Commonwealth Secretariat, London, 2012

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