Recommendation Recommendations on media, paragraph 2 (Media) Sri Lanka 2005
http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/asia/LK/sri-lanka-final-report-presidential-elections-eu/at_download/file
Broadcasting frequencies are public resources according to two decisions of the Supreme Court (“Sri Lanka Broadcasting Authority Bill” reported in Supreme Court Special Determination, vol. 2, page 2, 1997 and “Fernando v. The Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation and others” reported in Sri Lanka Law Reports, vol. 1, page 157, 1998). Therefore, all broadcasting media should be required to provide a public service, at least during the length of the election campaign. As a consequence, guidelines from the Commissioner of Elections should be enforced on both state and private media.
