Petition on right to information at Kurunegala

 

Sunday, 06 July 2014 

The second stage of the signing of a public petition demanding to legalize the right to information was held during the day yesterday (July 05) at Kurunegala public market.

The event was organized by Action Committee for Media Freedom,an organization established with the participation of 10 media organizations, and Kurunegala media organizations collective and civil organizations collective.

The convener of the committee Saman Wagaarachchi expressing his thoughts at the event stated that public of Kurunegala was very much enthusiastic towards signing the competition.

He further stated that the public response towards the petition was better at Kurunegala than the response received on May 05 at the initiation of the project at Colombo.

It is significant that large number of local journalists extending their support towards the programme.

It is said that 1 million signatures are to be collected for the petition.