Angola's overall score remains "Very Weak" with a widening implementation gap. While Angola has made some legislative improvements, the implementation and enforcement of existing laws are weak. For instance, citizens have the right to request and obtain public information, however this is rarely achieved in practice. Media freedoms are seriously deficient, which is a major obstacle to good governance in the country. Global Integrity's research reveals that journalists are not free to report on prominent politicians; it is illegal to report news that is damaging to the reputation of a public figure. Journalists face intimidation, harassment, and possibly risk death when reporting on corruption. Another area of particular concern is political financing, which is not legally regulated. There are no mechanisms in place to track donations to political parties and individual candidates or for citizens to obtain this information. Also, citizens are effectively cut out from the budgeting process and no parliamentary committee exists to deal with finance-related policy issues. The Judiciary scores slightly better than other national institutions, which are ineffective and work behind closed doors.