No justification for violation of obligation to the public
The Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection warned today all the entities exercising the office at various levels or dispose with public powers, money and goods, and they are the holders of obligations under the Law on Free Access to Information of Public Importance, that nothing even the pre-election atmosphere, maybe the reason and justification for inadequate attitude towards rights of the public.
In this regard, the Commissioner believes that the growing number of complaints is alarming. Only in February this year 551 cases in the field of freedom of access to information were recorded, the vast majority of these cases are complaints.
The Commissioner Rodoljub Sabic stated the following:
The Ombudsman, the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection and the Anti-Corruption Agency are appealing to all participants in the election campaign to respect regulations both in letter and spirit and to refrain from any action which directly or indirectly jeopardize the true freedom of the citizens of exercising their electoral right and election-related rights.