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Bylaws of the House of Representatives

Article 42- Committees’ sessions, work, minutes, discussion and voting proceedings are confidential unless the committee decides otherwise.

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Not Compliant with Standards

Analysis

Article 42 of the House of Representatives’ bylaw violates the text of Article 5 of the Right to Access Information that allows viewing the minutes of non-secret parliamentary committee sessions.

Recommend­ations

Amending the text and emphasizing on the principle of publicizing the sessions.

Law of access to information

Article 5- Unavailable Documents: A - Information related to: 1 - Secrets of national defense, national security and public security. 2 - The Department of Foreign Relations of the State of a secret n ...

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Partially Compliant with Standards

Analysis

Despite the amendments made to the Right to Access Information Law issued in 2017 under Law No. 233 - issued on 7/16/2021, it was not explicitly mentioned in the text of Paragraph B of the second item that the minutes of non-confidential parliamentary committees are viewable, unlike As stipulated in Article 42 of the rules of procedure of the parliement.

Recommend­ations

Amending the article and clarifying the text for cases of prohibition.

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