The National Assembly approved this Friday in a second discussion the Draft Law on Transparency and Access to Information of Public Interest, a legal instrument that aims to guarantee the exercise of the right to access data as a means to favor the protagonist participation of the people in the design, formulation and monitoring of public management and strengthen the democratic and social State of Law and Justice.
The secretary of Parliament, Rosalba Gil, read each article that makes up this law, and progressively each title, chapter and epigraphs of the proposals presented were approved through a report.
It should be noted that the aforementioned law is duly recognized in the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the international treaties signed and ratified by the Republic. In addition, to contribute to the fulfillment of the constitutional principles of honesty, participation, speed, effectiveness, efficiency, transparency, accountability and responsibility in the exercise of public functions.
One of the most innovative aspects is that this legal instrument establishes that the bodies and entities of the National, State, and Municipal Public Power, as well as the organizations of People's Power that are in administrative functions or simply provide a public service, "have the obligation to guarantee access to information of public interest to all interested persons, in accordance with the Constitution and the law."
In this sense, the authorities of the National, State and Municipal Public Power must adopt measures that guarantee and promote the organization, classification and management of the information of public interest that they possess and facilitate its search and access in a clear, orderly and understandable way for the and stakeholders.
It is important to note that this Law establishes exceptions for access to information of public interest, such as those provided for in the National Constitution, which is when this action could generate a threat or violation of human rights, public health, public order, integral defense of the Nation or the normal development of the socioeconomic regime of the Republic.
As contemplated in the instrument recently sanctioned by Parliament, for the request for information of public interest, the interested parties must provide their identity or, failing that, of the person acting as their representative, stating their names, surnames and identity card; contact information to receive notifications as well as the requested information. Likewise, the applicant must make a sufficiently precise description of the information requested, to allow it to be located, as well as the reasons for said request.
Once the reading of the articles of the aforementioned rule has been completed, the report submitted to a vote by the deputies, who in unison gave their respective approval that this instrument that favors popular participation, as well as the full guarantee of freedoms basic individual rights and legal security, as contemplated in the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
