Parliament has halted the passage of the long awaited Right to Information Bill (RTI) untill further notice.
This is because the committee on Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs has received new proposed amendment to the Bill.
Should it be passed finally, its implementation will take effect at the beginning of next financial year.
Chairman of the Committee and MP for Offinso South, Ben Abdallah Banda on the floor of the House Wednesday told members that the committee is considering the proposed amendments and would communicate same to the plenary accordingly.
The House, two days into this meeting had finished work on the Bill but its passage stalled because it is waiting on the executives to indicate when it would be ready to implement the law.
The Speaker Professor Mike Oquaye on Thursday, January 31 gave the Attorney General up to Tuesday February 5 to indicate to the house when government would be ready to implement the law.
This followed a proposed amendment to the head note by member for Suhum, Frederick Opare-Ansah, that the bill, if passed, should take effect 12 months after the President had assented to it.
Considering that clause yesterday, the House came to conclusion that this Act shall come into force at the beginning of the financial year.
