The Right to Information Act will be enacted on February 3rd, the Sri Lankan government said last week, issuing a gazette notification.
"Information officers are currently being trained and after they are stationed in government institutions, the general public will be able to access important information that affects their daily lives," the minister of parliamentary reforms and mass media, Gayantha Karunatileka was quoted by Ceylon Today as saying.
Promising to provide as much information through the Act as possible the director general of the government's information department reportedly said, "we try to provide as much information as possible because otherwise it will leave room for rumours which is a more dangerous trend."
"The RTI Act was passed last year and the government said that it would establish a special office to disseminate information."
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