Amendments to the Law on Free Access to Information of Public Importance - A Serious Threat to the Achieved Level of Rights!
Amendments to the Law on Free Access to Information of Public Importance - A Serious Threat to the Achieved Level of Rights!
The Ministry of State Administration and Local Self-Government (hereinafter: the Ministry) is conducting a public debate on the Draft Law on Amendments and Supplements to the Law on Free Access to Information of Public Importance (hereinafter: the Draft) from 27 May to 16 June 2021. The published Draft contains a number of controversial solutions, i.e. provisions that are in conflict with the constitutional guarantee that the achieved level of rights cannot be reduced. The Draft not only prescribes additional grounds for restricting the right to free access to information, expands the circle of entities that are exempt from the application of the Law and increases the number of bodies against whose decisions an appeal is not allowed, but also literally “erases” the priority of the public’s right to know from the legal text. Finally, the Draft does not offer solutions to any of the burning problems that have been highlighted countless times to date, both by the Commissioner and the professional public.
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