Govt committed to establish complete democracy by implementing RTI

Kathmandu, Aug 19: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said the government is effortful to establish a complete democracy by implementing the fundamental rights of the citizens, including the Right to Information (RTI).     

During his address to the 19th National Information Day celebration organised by the National Information Commission on Tuesday, the Prime Minister said every citizen should have access to information. But the practice of seeking the information requiring confidentiality by the law and that which is irrelevant is not expected, according to the Prime Minister.     

"Democracy was secured through the tremendous contributions of us all. The government is crystal clear about its duties and responsibilities for the enforcement of the fundamental rights guaranteed by the Constitution. We all aspire to build a wide, independent and disciplined society and a strengthened democracy which also incorporates the RTI as the means of advancing towards that end," the head of the government said.     

He added, "But demand for confidential information and the information under investigation is not warranted," he said, stressing that some information is obviously meant to be kept secret by the State."     

 The Prime Minister took the time to echo the need for promoting the RTI with discipline and dignity.     

Refuting any sorts of clash of interests between the government and the National Information Commission, the Prime Minister insisted on the management of issues seen in the course of the enforcement of fundamental rights.     

He utilised the forum to say that the government is clear that social networking sites should be registered and brought into the tax net.     

On the occasion, RTI activists, journalists and employees, including the information officers contributing to the promotion of RTI, were honoured. (RSS)