Local Council meetings should be open to the public...that is the general rule, and is provided for in the Local Government Act 1976
23. Meetings of local authority to be public.
All meetings of the local authority shall be open to the public and to representatives of the Press unless the local authority by resolution at the meeting otherwise decides:
Provided that this section shall not apply to any Committee of the local authority unless such Committee by resolution otherwise decides.
Meetings of committees of the Local Council can also be opened to the public, and these committees have the power to do this.
Hence, there is no justification as to why this is not happening in the Pakatan Rakyat governed states...unless like the BN, they too like to keep the public in the dark...
Freedom of Information....
Accountability...and Transparency...
Hence, there is no justification as to why this is not happening in the Pakatan Rakyat governed states...unless like the BN, they too like to keep the public in the dark...
Freedom of Information....
Accountability...and Transparency...
Indeed, PR should lead in transparency.
ReplyDeleteStart by giving access to media, and strictly observer status to local ybs, designated NGO reps, religious reps, tertiary students, etc.
Kuching.