The Official Government News Portal of Sri Lanka: Colombo: Tuesday, June 28, 2016.
Public
interest on the recently passed Right to Information Act is less than expected
as it doesn’t affect the consumer prices, according to the Minister of
Parliament Reforms and Mass Media Gayantha Karunathilake.
He pointed
out that Sri Lanka has passed the 7th best RTI bill in Asia, and it is the 2nd
best such act in South Asian region after the India.
Addressing
media this morning in Colombo he added that, a period of nearly one year will
be needed to fulfil the basic requirements before the Act is implemented for
the public to make use of it effectively.
Minister
Karunathilake also explained the behaviour of the Rajapaksa regime regarding
the RTI bill when they were in the power. “Normally, a government should pay
attention on an RTI in their second term in office. But our new government
passed it within the first 1 ½ years of its 1st term”, Minister said.
According to
the Minister, the RTI is expected to be a very useful and a historic Act, which
will bring a major political transformation in the country.
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