"Parliament to decide how much secrecy our democracy can permits"

hey mates...!

I have just read a very interesting article regarding The Protection of Information Bill. I think you guys should take a look at it.

http://www.polity.org.za/article/the-protection-of-information-bill-2010-07-20

"Parliament to decide how much secrecy our democracy can permit 

South Africans' Parliamentary representatives face a critical decision this week - how much secrecy should be allowed in our democracy?

The Protection of Information Bill has two legitimate objectives. It aims to replace the existing 1982 apartheid-era law, which imposes excessive secrecy, and to establish a statutory framework to protect state information from loss, alteration or destruction, as well as from disclosure to the public in certain circumstances. To this end, it proposes a system for preserving, classifying and declassifying state information to regulate access to all information in the hands of state officials..."

 Written by: Shameela Seedat and Gary Pienaar, senior researchers with Idasa's Political Information and Monitoring Service (PIMS)