Sri Lankan state departments are refusing to comply with requests of information, said the Right to Information (RTI) Commission this week.
Despite the RTI Act of Sri Lanka having been passed earlier this year, the Commission said it had received several complaints that various state departments have refused to disclose information after requests have been made.
As a result, the Commission itself has had to step in and directly issue orders to departmental officers to ensure information was released.
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