General News of Saturday, 5 November 2011

Source: GNA

New Juaben MP calls for neutral body to handle RTI

' Koforidua, Oct 31, GNA - The Member of Parliament (MP) for New Juaben South, Ms Beatrice Bernice Boateng, has called for a neutral body to handle the Right To Information (RTI) bill to ensure that it was devoid of politics. She said considering the fact that the Attorney General (A-G), who had been scheduled to handle the bill for it to become law, was a chief legal advisor to the President of Ghana, it would create conflict of interest in the administration of such law. The MP, who was speaking at a meeting with some members of the Eastern Regional Coalition on RTI, in Koforidua, said neutrality and transparency in the administration of the law must be paramount. According to Ms Boateng, it was natural that the A-G being a member of the Government of the day could withhol'