SAVE DEMOCRACY! SAVE THE RTI ACT! SAY NO TO RTI AMENDMENTS! CALL FOR PUBLIC ACTION ON THE 6th and 7th of AUGUST 2013 The government is planning to amend the Right to Information Act (RTI Act) to keep political parties outside the purview of the RTI law. The amendments are planned in response to the recent Central Information Commission order, which held that political parties are public authorities under the RTI Act and therefore should be accountable to citizens of the country. The RTI Act is a landmark legislation which has empowered citizens to meaningfully participate in the functioning of our democracy. It has enabled people to seek transparency and accountability from the government and challenge corruption and arbitrary use of power. The move of the government to amend the Act only goes to show that political parties are not willing to subject themselves to the transparency law and be open public scrutiny under the Act. According to media reports, the government is planning to introduce amendments to the RTI Act in the forthcoming monsoon session of Parliament which begins on the 5th of August 2013. There is an urgent need for people to collectively and publicly oppose the proposed amendments to the RTI Act and safeguard this fundamental right. We request you to organise public action- dharnas, meetings, rallies, signature campaigns etc.- in your state on the 6th and/or 7th of August 2013. Please email us details of the public action being planned by you at ncpri.india@gmail. We will circulate the details widely. An online petition has also been created to oppose the proposed amendments. Please sign and share the petition, which is available at change.org/en-IN/petitions/shri-manmohan-singh-prime-minister-government-of-india-save-rti-act-from-amendments Aruna Roy, Shailesh Gandhi, Anjali Bhardwaj, Nikhil Dey Yes, friends this is the need of the hour. Please participate in huge nos. Bunch
Posted on: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 16:35:40 +0000
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