Monday, June 24, 2019

Valuable Details That Government Transparency Entail

By Margaret Ward


State secrecy was experienced some years back, but not today. Many countries have constitutions which call for an open government, which means they have the right to access any information about the different proceedings of the leaders. Government transparency allows the people to know what they are doing, and this is necessary to allow public oversight and openness.

The changes of revolution originated from the European enlightenment. When they were enlightened about their rights and different limitations of the leaders, they developed debates and other calls for the openness. Some details and information would never be accessed by those outside the governing team, which has quite changed today.

More and more democratic reforms hit different states and backgrounds. The democratic wave kept on spreading, and eventually, people realized they have a strong voice which is backed up by their constitution. With quite democratic societies today, the governments have indeed opened up their door for the people to access the information they need through different ways such as media.

There are certain state-secrets which can be kept classified as long as the people need to access the information. There is a limit to what people can know. In any country, not all the people are patriotic and mean well for the country. As much as they can access another pool of information, they are prevented from accessing critical data that can jeopardize the security of people.

In the recent past, many countries have suffered acts of terrorism from the criminal gangs propagating havoc. When they access some vital details, they use them to execute their missions, which are meant to bring the leadership and different activities to a standstill. Lives and massive property are lost during such attacks, and to prevent them, the state also has the right to withhold some data and keep it classified.

The government has all the machinery to track down criminal activities and possibly prevent them from happening. They have come up with suitable agents who work undercover to unravel criminal puzzles and dens. When they get to the bottom levels of society where most of these activities are usually planned, they may seem ordinary people when in real sense, and they are agents of the investigating-government bodies.

Accountability is necessary for many leaders. When they expose what they do to the public, they may feel some need to be on the right track. They can have some fear of what people will do if they were corrupt. Keeping all their operations, secretive can only end up later as a big graft case whereby they were involved in some corrupt activities which cost countries a lot of money.

People need to be involved in the governance of their country. Besides regular voting, they need to be consulted about certain changes and proposals that are being planned. Their views have to be listened to and considered. Great advisers should be in place to help out, especially when deciding what to do and what not to do as far as the public-view on governance is concerned.




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