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Maroela Media reports that the Solidarity Law Network has filed a complaint with the Information Regulator (IR) against the Legal Practice Council (LPC) for failure to comply with a request brought in terms of the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA).
According to Riaan Visser, head of the Law Network, the request that was directed to the LPC earlier this year, focused on aspects of the LPC’s decision-making process to do away with Afrikaans as language for exams. In its correspondence, Solidarity’s Law Network also emphasised the urgency of the request. Visser said the Law Network was disappointed as the requests and numerous discussions with the LPC have merely fallen on deaf ears. By filing its complaint with the IR, the Solidarity Law Network wants the LPC to comply with the PAIA request for all documentation related to the matter, including records, minutes and agendas of meetings, as well as a comprehensive list of stakeholders consulted during the process to phase Afrikaans out. “The Solidarity Law Network still wants to determine on what grounds the LPC has based its decision-making. At this stage, the LPC is still withholding information even after the PAIA request,” Visser pointed out. He went on to note: “The ultimate aim of this complaint is to ensure respect for the interests of all parties involved, while promoting the constitutional principles of language diversity and access to rights.”
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard in Afrikaans at Maroela Media
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