Chief Spokesperson at the President's Office Mohamed Hussain Shareef (Mundhu) said all pending Right to Information requests submitted to the President's Office have been processed and responded to, except those legally restricted under national security and privacy laws. He said the government is also encouraging other state institutions to speed up RTI responses and improve proactive disclosure of information.
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The assurance was given during a press conference held on May 11.
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Speaking during the “Presser with Spox” press event today, Mundhu said the office had successfully cleared its RTI backlog as of yesterday, with the exception of requests involving information legally restricted under national security and privacy-related laws.
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We cleared the backlog as of yesterday. By the grace of God, the only remaining information is that which we are legally restricted from sharing under other laws,
Responding to RTIs is one part of the law, but another important part is proactively disclosing information. We are also taking initiative on that front,
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