The decrease in state transparency is causing concern in Argentina. More than 60 associations, NGOs and civil society organizations denounce the restriction of access to public information decided by decree by the ultraliberal president Javier Milei.
With our correspondent in Buenos Aires, Theo Consciousness
More obstacles to accessing public information: Paula Litvachky, director of CELS, the Center for Legal and Social Studies, emphasizes that the decree signed by Javier Miley limits access to information related to the private lives of members of the government, leaving it up to them to define what is covered by this.
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« This is the case, for example, of information on the professional background of members of the government, which is nevertheless essential for determining whether there are possible conflicts of interest. “, regrets the director of CELS.
Another obstacle created by the decree: it will now be impossible to access the preparatory deliberations and working documents of a case. What was previously the exception when the documents were classified confidential is now the rule.
- RFI
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