The Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection estimates that yesterday's announcement of the Ministry of Defence, which "explains" the failure of the Ministry to act on the order contained in the Commissioner's ruling, is disinformation of the public and shows, if nothing else, worrying ignorance of relevant laws.

From a legal point of view, it is unsustainable, literally absurd, claim that declassification and making available to the public any information on the manner and procedure established by both the Law on Free Access to Information and Data Secrecy Law may represent some kind of criminal offense, namely "revealing of military secrets".

From a factual point of view, one cannot avoid the fact that the information on prices and effects of aircraft overhaul of years ago has already repeatedly been available to the media and the public through press conferences, public appearances and interviews of former ministers and military leaders. Recently, the present Minister himself revealed in an interview with reporters information on the number of hours of flights of aircrafts much more current than this which is the subject of the order.

The Commissioner said that regardless of whether such action by the Ministry of Defence is a consequence of ignorance of the law or a conscious effort to build a position where the Ministry itself will decide when it wants to and when not to act according to the law and binding decisions of the competent authorities, it does damage to regular functioning of the legal system, the reputation of the state and especially the Ministry.