Source: : Blic
Comments
Rodoljub Sabic Information Commissioner
It is undisputable that for quality implementation of any law, it is indispensable that those it refers to understand it, i.e., to experience it, whether it is pleasant or not, as necessary and useful. But, besides, and irrelevant to this, the fact should be uncontested for everyone that no responsible conception of law implementation should be lacking in its compulsive implementation mechanism and punishment of those who brake it. However, certain things, I, as Information Commissioner, am facing in practicality of implementation of the Law on free information access tell us that it is not so.The Law, indeed provides for the rulings of the Information Commissioner to be binding, and in case of necessity, the execution is enabled by the Government of Serbia, and it places several punishable acts and the filing of lawsuits under the jurisdiction of the corresponding Ministry. However, in three year practice, during which thousands of offences were committed, only a hundred legal processes have been initiated, and a total present tally is 5 financial sentences delivered...
In few dozen cases in which the citizens, media, non governmental organizations and others asked the Government of Serbia to enable execution of Commissioner's rulings, it has not been done as of yet. What is in question? Is it the "original" concept of the Law implementation? Or irresponsibility? Or passive resistance? Or obstruction? One thing is for sure, which ever it is, it's not good.
