{"id":28951,"date":"2017-06-07T17:21:35","date_gmt":"2017-06-07T15:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.access-info.org\/?p=28951"},"modified":"2018-11-13T10:03:20","modified_gmt":"2018-11-13T09:03:20","slug":"spanish-government-appeals-takes-battle-for-open-government-secrecy-to-high-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.access-info.org\/es\/2017-06-07\/spanish-government-appeals-takes-battle-for-open-government-secrecy-to-high-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish Government takes open government secrecy battle to High Court"},"content":{"rendered":"

Madrid, 7 June 2017<\/em> \u2013 In baffling reluctance to be transparent about its own open government policies, the Spanish Government has appealed to the High Court against last month\u2019s lower court ruling<\/a> that it should provide Access Info Europe with progress reports on commitments under the Open Government Partnership (OGP).<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s amazing that the Government is fighting so hard to keep secret information about what it\u2019s doing to advance open government<\/em>,\u201d stated Helen Darbishire, Executive Director of Access Info Europe.<\/p>\n

The documents on what each Ministry is doing under the OGP Action Plan were first requested by Access Info Europe in August 2015.<\/p>\n

In May 2017 the lower court ruled that these documents are relevant for civil society to participate<\/a> in decision-making processes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis case is part of a worrying pattern of litigation by the Spanish government against rulings by the Transparency Council in favour of access to information<\/em>,\u201d added Darbishire.<\/p>\n

Spanish press today reported on this case as an example of the absurdity of the Government routinely litigating rather than complying with the Transparency Council\u2019s rulings. Articles are available here<\/a> and here<\/a> in Spanish.<\/p>\n

Access Info, which is ready to continue this legal battle for greater transparency, earlier this week submitted its counterarguments to the Government\u2019s appeal.<\/p>\n

Background information about this case can be found here:
\n\u00bb<\/strong><\/span> Information about the initial access to information request, and the Transparency Council initial ruling in favour of disclosure<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For more information, please contact:<\/h2>\n

Luisa Izuzquiza<\/strong>, Communications Officer | Access Info Europe
\nor
\nHelen Darbishire<\/strong>, Executive Director | Access Info Europe<\/p>\n

Send an e-mail<\/a> or call +34\u202f913\u202f656\u202f558<\/p>\n

Photo: Mariano Rajoy, Presidente del Gobierno de Espa\u00f1a<\/a> via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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