By Lelethu Mquqo
27 May 2011
The Right2Know Campaign has called for the proposed Protection of Information Bill to be scrapped entirely.
Right2Know’s national coordinator, Murray Hunter, says the ANC appears to be committed to pushing the Bill through, despite months of public protest against it.
Hunter says the ANC must be willing to take the necessary time to ensure that the Bill adheres to the South African Constitution.
Meanwhile, the African Christian Democratic Party says some headway has been made into getting the ANC to revise the proposed Bill.
ACDP parliamentarian, Steve Swart, says the committee dealing with the Bill has agreed to lift the threshold for application of confidential documents.
This means it will be more difficult to classify information as secret. Swart says however that some questionable aspects of the Bill remain stubbornly in place.
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