Aeos
ComNet Disciple
[VE-ARMY] Captain
[VE-DJO] Dark Jedi Knight
[VE-ICS] Pirate Overseer
[VE-VEEC] Engineer
Post Number: 2907
Total Posts: 3141
Joined: May 2005
Status: Offline
|
Right To Know- Information Bill
|
|
August 12, 2011
1:47:43 AM
|
|
In South Africa, our goverment wants to impose the 'Protection of Information Bill' otherwise known as the 'Secrecy Bill" Quote:The Bill would empower officials in nearly every state body to classify any document as secret on the basis of a vague definition of 'national security'. Poor communities could be denied requests of information about service delivery and where their tax is being spent, and if abused, a local clinic, municipal office or national ministry could use the bill to cover up corruption or misuse of public resources. The Bill would also lock up anyone who possess or publishes anything that is classified for a minimum of 15 years, even if that information is clearly in the public interest, deterring investigative journalists, and whistle-blowers from exposing official crime and corruption.
This bill is a threat to our constitution and everything we have fought for the last 50 years. Please sign the petition and pass around to friends because once the bill is passed, we are at threat whether its our democracy or our voices. http://www.avaaz.org/en/south_africa_stop_the_secrecy_bill/
[This message has been edited by
Aeos
(edited August 12, 2011
1:50:05 AM)]
[This message has been edited by
Aeos
(edited December 4, 2011
5:31:22 PM)]
|
Kami
ComNet Expert
[VE-ARMY] 2nd Lieutenant
[VE-DJO] Krath Scholar
[VE-ICS] Pirate Lord
Post Number: 1623
Total Posts: 1884
Joined: Mar 2004
Status: Offline
|
RE: Right To Know
|
|
August 14, 2011
11:44:10 PM
|
|
|| Retired ||[LoR][CoR][IG][GCA][BC][BM][CDS][EW][ES][GRP][GS]------------------------ || Krath Scholar || Krath Order ||
CM/KS Kami Sharpe/Lion L-01/Krath/Dark Jedi Order/Vast Empire------------------------   |
Bernie
ComNet n00b
[VE-NAVY] Crewman (CRW)
Post Number: 11
Total Posts: 73
Joined: Aug 2011
Status: Offline
|
RE: Right To Know
|
|
August 20, 2011
4:18:50 PM
|
|
Sure. Why not. I like democracy, although I'm at odds why this is in a star wars writing guild lounge. My enemies are flammable.
TRN/CRW/Bernie/Flt/FC/VEN/VE
|
Jamasis
ComNet Member
[VE-ARMY] Sergeant
[VE-ICS] Pirate Swabbie
Post Number: 422
Total Posts: 515
Joined: Jun 2009
Status: Offline
|
RE: Right To Know
|
|
August 20, 2011
4:37:00 PM
|
|
You post it anywhere and everywhere, just because its the VE dosn't mean the petition is devalued. TRP/SGT Jamasis/1SQD/1PLT/1COM/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE [ESC09] [BoT]  |
Zippy
ComNet Cadet
[VE-ARMY] Private
Post Number: 270
Total Posts: 564
Joined: Oct 2008
Status: Offline
|
RE: Right To Know
|
|
August 20, 2011
7:34:07 PM
|
|
|
Amacuse
ComNet Member
Imperial Benefactor
[VE-NAVY] Warrant Officer 1st Class (WO1)
Post Number: 856
Total Posts: 1047
Joined: Feb 2010
Status: Offline
|
RE: Right To Know
|
|
August 21, 2011
6:29:37 PM
|
|
because I want to make the world a better place... signed.  Cayden Tavers : Warrant Officer 1st Class : LCR Cerulean : Vast Empire NavySCAP : WO1 Cayden Amacuse Tavers : LCR Cerulean : TF: Aurek : 1st Fleet : VEN : VE  |
Rawr
ComNet Novice
[VE-ARMY] Corporal
[VE-VEEC] Editor
Post Number: 84
Total Posts: 112
Joined: Jul 2008
Status: Offline
|
RE: Right To Know
|
|
August 31, 2011
6:55:12 PM
|
|
Signed, and posted to Facebook and Twitter (even replied it to @wikileaks - hoping for at least a tweet about it to their followers). Information in regards to a people's government should never be hidden. Corporal Sachem "Rawr" O'NeillVast Empire Stormtrooper CorpsASL / CPL Rawr / 1SQD / 2PLT / 1COMP / 1BAT / 1RGT / Tadath / VEA / VE [LoR] [EW1] [VT] (5.1)  --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hasta la Victoria Siempr
[This message has been edited by
Rawr
(edited August 31, 2011
8:25:32 PM)]
|
Aeos
ComNet Disciple
[VE-ARMY] Captain
[VE-DJO] Dark Jedi Knight
[VE-ICS] Pirate Overseer
[VE-VEEC] Engineer
Post Number: 2942
Total Posts: 3141
Joined: May 2005
Status: Offline
|
RE: Right To Know- Information Bill
|
|
December 4, 2011
5:33:30 PM
|
|
Thanks for the vote people, thought I'll update you.
We lost the vote 2 weeks ago on a day known as Black Tuesday when the Parlament was forced to vote.
The last time we lost cencorship was on Black Friday during Apartheid.
The bill will now go through to the President to be signed, and then it needs to be passed by the Constitutional Court. We believe its gonna struggle a bit there so hopefully we can still stop it from being implemented. |
|
