Republica: Kathmandu: Wednesday,
September 28, 2016.
Stakeholders
have said that the practice of seeking information from public agencies is
still poor in Nepal even a decade after the enactment of the Right to
Information (RTI) Act.
Speaking at
an interaction program on a decade of RTI Act in Nepal organized by Freedom
Forum in Kathmandu on Tuesday, Chief Commissioner of the National Information
Commission Krishna Hari Baskota said that the practice of citizens seeking
information from public bodies is still not encouraging.
“If any
public agency declines to provide the information sought by a citizen adopting
legal procedure, the commission will take action against them whatever the
position he/she is in,” said Baskota. He further said that the commission is
focusing on taking action against officers who deny providing the public with
information to the citizens.
Commissioner
of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Sudip Pathak said that the
commission has received just a single application of RTI.
Civil Society
member Bishnu Kumar Shrestha, Professor Dr Ram Krishna Timilsina and chairman
of the Freedom Forum Taranath Dahal also said that the political transition has
posed challenges in the implementation of the RTI Act.
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