Sunday, June 23, 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.

When most European countries and people were enlightened, they began the wave of the transparency. Knowing their rights stimulated them to fight for the openness which will enable them to know what is being planned, when, and by whom. Endless debates and reasonable picketing ensued, all which outlined the desired fruits when the governments eventually curved in and allowed the masses to access the data they would not before.

Most people now have a strong public voice thanks to democratic reforms. Democracy gives the people the power to voice their views, interests, and criticize the leaders constructively. As the societies keep growing democratic wise, most governments also keep widening and opening doors for the people to access their proceedings and all plans which are underway in different departments.

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.

Public-participation in any leadership leads to stronger systems. Any wise governance ought to involve their electorate for the people to be happy and motivated to develop their states. There is a limit to how far the people can go as far as the participation is concerned, which also involves highly-qualified advisers to help.




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