PANJIM, JULY 28
The Church cannot come under the purview of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, chairman of the ad hoc legislative committee on law, Francis D’Souza said.
One Antonia Michelle Abel had suggested that while the State department of law and the judiciary were covered under the RTI Act, the office of the Archbishop should also be treated in a similar manner.
The D’Souza-led committee in its report to the Assembly had recommended that the State law department to “make a comprehensive study” and “forward a detailed report to the committee within 15 days”.
Referring to report in the Herald, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator said: “That to bring the Church under RTI purview has to be decided by the government”.
D’Souza also said that his committee is supposed to forward whatever suggestion and observation comes from the general public.
“It is not supposed to pass any judgment,” D’Souza said.
