Apa Kabar

While the deliberation of the bill on freedom to obtain public information is under way in the DPR, plans are afoot for the bill on state secrets.ABOUT 40 members of the Coalition for Freedom of Information had a four-day consolidation meeting at Treva Hotel, Central Jakarta, two weeks ago. Admitted or otherwise, the meeting was held as a reaction against the statement of chief of the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) AM Hendropiyono that the bill on freedom of information could endanger the state. This statement could thwart the coalition’s intensified campaign for the bill which, when ratified, would force public agencies to provide public access to their information. (more…)