Facebook page calls for more open government

A campaign page calling for greater transparency from St Helena Government has been launched on Facebook by island commentator John Turner. It follows comments by the Secretary of State for International Development, Andrew Mitchell, who said that he favoured transparency but would not impose it on governments in the overseas territories. He said it was for journalists, councillors and voters to press for more open government.

Read more in this week’s St Helena Independent (25 May).

SEE ALSO:
AUDIO: DfID Secretary on island’s “brilliant opportunity”

LINK:
Transparency St Helena

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About Simon Pipe

Former print and BBC journalist, running St Helena Online news website about British territories in the South Atlantic at www.sthelenaonline.org and blogging occasionally on other sites.
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