RTI will be submitted to AG on Oct. 5: Gayantha

RTI will be submitted to AG on Oct. 5: Gayantha

September 23, 2015   05:06 pm

The Right to Information Act (RTI) has already been prepared and it will be submitted to the Attorney General’s Department on October 05, Minister Gayantha Karunathilaka says.


The Minister made the observation at the weekly press briefing held at the Government Information Department today (23).


“The act will be presented to the Cabinet before October 7,” he added. 


Meanwhile, the Cabinet of Ministers have decided to instruct the Secretaries to the Ministries to take necessary steps to re-acquire the vehicles being used by persons who do not hold official positions, without further delay.


Accordingly, the number of registered vehicles belonging to Ministries, Departments and Government Institutions numbers to 59,160 and a considerable number of these vehicles are still being used by the Ministers, Deputy Ministers, Parliamentarians and those who function in various positions of the former government but not functioning in such positions at present.

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