While the Access to Information legislation has been enacted, a commencement order is needed to bring it into force and this cannot be done until a Commissioner of Information is appointed, presidential advisor on governance Gail Teixeira says.
The then Bharrat Jagdeo administration used its majority in the National Assembly to pass the controversial legislation on September 15, 2011, in the absence of the opposition parties.
When asked about the status of the legislation, Teixeira said it was assented to and gazetted some time in 2011.
While such legislation was called for over a long period of time,
