Press Statement: Secrecy of Presidential Decree and Need for Freedom of Information regime

The decree -which has not been publicized- by President Waheed Hasssan to make the CoNI investigation documents secret underscores the need for a comprehensive freedom of information regime.

 

Click to read/download Transparency Maldives’ statement calling on the President to make the presidential decree public, and calling on the relevant authorities, especially the Parliament to expedite the passage of a freedom of information legislation.