The Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection, Mr. Rodoljub Sabic, perceives the extremely large  number of complaints submitted to him by citizens and the media  to be  worrying and indicative of a need for a much more energetic and  quicker change of attitude of  relevant authorities in regards to their  obligation to provide the public with as much documented information on their activities as possible, on a proactive basis. Announcing that he shall, in compliance with his legal authorities, convey new Instructions for Publishing of Information Memorandum, the Commissioner Mr. Rodoljub Sabic stated the following:

„From the beginning of this year up to the present moment 1.600 complaints have been submitted o the Commissioner, out of which 500 only in the last two month. This extremely large number of complaints is in itself worrying, especially since for a significant number of submitted complaints information is granted only upon the intervention of the Commissioner, information which should have without any problem been available.  For example, information on  budget and budget expenditures, systematizations and number of employees, salaries, representation costs,  etc. should be regularly published and updated in the Information Memorandum, on the official electronic presentations of the state authorities, and without any special request be available to the general public.

The publication of this and similar information on a proactive basis would have, as a consequence, not only a reduction of the number of complaints, but would enable the state authorities to achieve two for them very beneficial objectives. They would fulfill the legal obligation of publishing of the Information Memorandum, and at the same time free themselves of the obligation to separately provide any party with this information, hence it is   sufficient  to under the law refer the entity requesting information to the place of publication. The advantage is oblivious, and hence it is logical that its „non-recognition“,  justifiable or  not, makes the public feel that this is a matter of  conscious  and intentional  depravation of information.

An inactive attitude towards the obligation of publishing of information on a proactive basis is indicative and requires serious attention. All the more hence it is evident that this is not only the case with the Information Memorandum but in many other instances as well. For example, although the publication of the number of state authority employees and recourses  for their salaries and remunerations is not only something which  the Law on Free Access to Information of Public Importance implicates, but is additionally separately stipulated in the Law on Maximal Number of Employees in Government Bodies and Local Self-government, these registers do not exist. It is the obligation of the authorities and an incontestable interest of the society as a whole that this and numerous  other, generally speaking as much information as possible, on the activities  related to the performance of government organs and sate owned companies be available to the public on a proactive basis. This presents a manner which would enable the media and  general public to give their valuable contribution to creating of  more efficient and better organized   state authorities in the battle against irrationality, irresponsibility and corruption.“