The President's Office has reopened applications for the vacant post of Information Commissioner.
It said that completed application forms can be submitted to the President's Office between 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. on Monday, 12, July 2021, and Tuesday, 13, July 2021.
Application forms can be downloaded from the official website of the President’s Office.
The President's Office opened the post of Information Commissioner for application back in March 2021 and this is the 2nd time it is reopening the application for the vacant post.
The post became vacant after former Information Commissioner Hussain Fiyaz Moosa resigned from the post on March 22, 2021, for personal reasons.
The veteran reporter was appointed to the post on October 31, 2019, by the President, according to Article 44 (a) of the Right to Information Act (Law no.: 1/2014).
Article 49 of the RTI Act stipulates that the Information Commissioner may resign from the post by submitting a written resignation to the President, following which the position would become vacant.
The Information Commissioner’s Office was established on July 13, 2014, as per Article 43 (a) of the RTI Act. The information commissioner is mandated with the enforcement of the RTI Act – the law defines the right to access and obtain information in any state institution and encourages the widest circulation of information available at state institutions.
