The Hindu: International: Saturday,
February 04, 2017.
The Right to
Information (RTI) Act came into force in Sri Lanka, a piece of legislation
aimed at restoring transparency and good governance in a country that has been
plagued by corruption and misrule.
The
government had last week gazetted the categories of public authorities that
fall within the purview of the RTI.
“From today
the public can apply for information which they want,” Sankhitha Gunaratne, RTI
Manager of Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) said.
TISL said it
will be filing several public interest RTI requests with the relevant public
authorities, seeking information like that pertaining to the assets and
liabilities declarations of the President and the Prime Minister and a request
for financial reports of political parties.
The
authorities are bound to respond to these requests as per the specified
guidlines, within a maximum period of 28 days.
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