Right 2 Know mulls legal action over info bill

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Right 2 Know mulls legal action over info bill
The arguments and counter-arguments continued in Parliament as MPs engaged in sober debate over the protection of information bill on Friday.
Parliamentarians are still busy with clause-by-clause deliberations, which are expected to take a while.
It appears to be a case of semantics for the masses as MPs battle with definitions and the re-wording of the bill.
In the end, the phrasing of the bill will determine how the law is applied once passed.
The big fights are still coming as MPs approach the clause which bars a public interest override.
While the African National Congress (ANC) is sticking to its guns on the matter, opposition parties want members of the public, including journalists, to be able to argue that information was disclosed in the public interest.

Source Eyewitness News