Today GYLA filed against the presidential administration of Georgia, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Tbilisi City Hall in Tbilisi City Court over their failure of the authorities to provide access and to provide full access to public information envisaged by the applicable Georgian legislation.
GYLA was requesting access to information about all vehicles bought and received as a gift starting from January 1, 2011, dates they were bought/gifted and amounts paid. GYLA was also requesting access to all legal acts that regulate purchase of vehicles in the foregoing state agencies.
GYLA re-submitted official requests for public information after the state agencies failed to respond the first time. Both the presidential administration and the interior ministry have not yet provided access to the information requested, while Tbilisi City Hall provided only part of the information, without indicating amounts paid for individual vehicles.
GYLA urges all administrative agencies to pay particular attention to the obligation to provide access to public information within the timeframe prescribed by applicable Georgian legislation and to facilitate as much as possible exercising of the right to public information by interested individuals.
