Sunday, October 6, 2013

Re: [HumJanenge] Re: Personal Memorandum on RTI Amendment Bill 2013

Bravo! Great job. Defining moment in history of political system followed in demcracies globally. Certainly an improvement over Locks and Hobbs too. The entire Constituent Assemnbly and great stalwarts/Theoriticians/Practioners--none to be precise--never got to the nitty gritty of MOST essential empowerment of the PEOPLE of the country for the sake of choosing(electing) their PRINCIPAL SEVAKS(MPs/MLAs),once IMPLIED empowered PEOPLE(masters/employers)gave themselves the PRINCIPAL empowering law(Constitution) for future use. The hiring exercise(exercise of adult franchise) has been done w/o the requsite knowledge of all the RELEVANT attributes of the candidate(something that could be set to comarison),nor the requisite knowledge of what views does the candidate have on all aspects that concern his/her duty/responsibility chartter(including his/her sponsoring political party's philosophy,to which he/she is bound).Irrational/non-scientific(symols/slogans/extraneous considerations bordering often on criminality)ways filled the vacuum in the most vital process of hiring(electing)the MOST imporrtant set of people,on whom lies the responsibility to govern the nation. The correction is a MUST,belatedly thoughj. Its nectar and nothing less. SPM
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From: Sarbajit Roy <sroy.mb@gmail.com>
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Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 09:38:22 +0530
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Subject: [HumJanenge] Re: Personal Memorandum on RTI Amendment Bill 2013

To:
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on
Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice

Date: 6-Oct-2013 (Sunday)
filed on 07.10.2013

Sirs,

By EMAIL

Additional Memorandum

Dear Sirs

I refer to my memorandum on the subject Bill submitted by email on 06.10.2013 (Sunday).

I have subsequently received additional suggestions on my memorandum from several subscribers of the India Against Corruption (of which andolan I am presently Hony. National Convenor) which I wish to additionally submit as part of my aforesaid memorandum.

1) That merely having Political Parties under the RTI regime shall not promote transparency within / upon these bodies, as section 4(1)(b) of RTI Act 2005 is presently not adequate for the purpose to enable an elector/voter to take informed decisions at moment of casting his ballot.

2) That the Representation of People's Act ("RP Act") does not sufficiently regulate the working and internal functioning of these parties, and there is no other legal framework to regulate the parties at the present time.

3) That whereas the RP Act has certain bare provisions concerning the sources of finance / donations for parties, there is no regulation/restriction on how the money is spent or used.

4) That the RP Act does not lay down that there shall be transparent criteria and procedures for selection/nomination of candidates by parties.

5) That the RP Act confers tremendous additional advantages to candidates of national political parties vis-a-vis the independent (citizen) candidates in an election.

That accordingly, the Hon'ble Committee may kindly simultaneously conduct a wide public consultation on LISTING the additional amendments to RTI Act 2005 and the RP Act with a view to ensuring complete transparency of political parties for the electors concerning, inter alia,

(i) All aspects of inner democracy(as defined in any organisation);

(ii) All Rules, Responsibilities,Functions, Duties and Privileges of various levels/functionaries,

(iii) Discipline and Conduct Rules;

(iv) Selection criteria(Qualifications/Experience,Reservation Rules etc;

(v) Standard Operating Procedures/Protocols of functioning of the Party organisation,

(vi) All aspects of revenue and expenditure;

(vii) Party's stand/position, in a structured format, on all aspects(as prescribed by Election Commission/Parliament/Assembly) dealing with subjects on which legislative powers could be exercised etc.

And for which we the people of India shall be ever grateful.

NB: I desire to appear in person to present my oral evidence.
 
Yours faithfully,

Er. Sarbajit Roy

National Convenor :  India Against Corruption ("IAC") (www.indiaagainstcorruption.net.in)
Convenor : National Campaign for Political Reform in India ("NCPRI") (www.ncpri.org)

B-59 Defence Colony
New Delhi 110024
 
Tel: 09311448069

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