Daily Mirror: Sri Lanka: Thursday,
April 06, 2017.
A total of
110 Acts had been found to be contradicting with the Right to Information Act
when the RTI was implemented, Government Information Department's Director
General Ranga Kalansooriya said today.
He said the
identified 110 Acts should have to be amended to some extend to be compatible
with the RTI Act.
“Following
the instructions of the Minister Rajitha Senaratne, we conducted an
investigation regarding the RTI and we have identified 110 such Acts,” he said.
The intention
of the people seems to have increased over the RTI Act and they are getting
used to use their right,” Mass Media Minister Gayantha Karunathilaka said
speaking at the Cabinet briefing.
He said the
RTI Act was fully operative from February 3rd enabling people to obtain any
information from the Government.
The Minister
had formed a special unit to identify and sort out many problems that had
cropped up while implementing the RTI, he said.
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