Montenegro: Public debate on access to information law must be delayed
Transparency International fully supports a coalition of civil society organisations and journalists in Montenegro who, yesterday, called on their government to postpone a public debate on proposed amendments to the country’s Free Access to Information law. Meaningful, participatory debate on this crucial legislation is impossible during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The proposed amendments would remove controls over how the Montenegrin state declares information classified. They would allow information to be classified if its publication would affect the operations of a