Thursday, February 17, 2011

Right2Know says parliament is threatening its supporters

By Lelethu Mquqo
17 February 2011

The Right2Know campaign says Parliament is threatening its supporters who staged a silent protest with the full might of the law.

Five Right2Know supporters silently wore masks portraying Minister of State Security Siyabonga Cwele during a parliamentary committee sitting dealing with the Protection of Information Bill.

Parliament then released a statement saying it strongly condemned the violation of rules of conduct governing public participation in its work by representatives of the Right2Know non-governmental coalition.

The campaign’s Murray Hunter feels that members of Parliament should perhaps rather investigate what Right2 Know regards as the anti-democratic provisions of the Secrecy Bill.

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