Transparency Worldwide Bangladesh (TIB) has entreated the intervening time government to enable now no longer much less than a month for a comprehensive overview and inclusive participation course of forward of promulgating the draft “Cyber Safety Ordinance, 2024.”
The anti-corruption watchdog emphasised that issuing the ordinance without ample diagnosis and consultation with relevant stakeholders’ dangers undermining its supposed scheme, mentioned an announcement issued on the present time (17 December).
On this regard, TIB officially made a recommendation to the intervening time government on Sunday (15 December).
Within the recommendation letter, TIB Govt Director Dr Iftekharuzzaman mentioned, “Issuing this form of crucial ordinance adore the ‘Cyber Safety Ordinance, 2024’ without ample diagnosis and inclusive ideas from relevant stakeholders carries the risk of disrupting its core objectives.”
He requested the government to allocate now no longer much less than one month for all relevant stakeholders and consultants to engage in a comprehensive overview of the draft.
“This course of will fabricate determined the ordinance is issued finest after a careful and inclusive diagnosis has been undertaken,” he added.
Iftekharuzzaman also mentioned that the resolution to repeal the Cyber Safety Act, which used to be weak as a instrument to suppress dissent and silence the media, has introduced relief to all residents, which is one of the most general public welfare-oriented steps of the intervening time government.
“TIB hopes that Cyber Safety Ordinance shall be enacted to make definite cyber security and formulate indispensable provisions for combating and suppressing cybercrimes and conducting cyber crime investigation and judicial proceedings. On the lots of hand, you’ll be succesful to deserve to raise into memoir the potentialities that this ordinance, which is such as the Digital Safety Act and the Cyber Safety Act would possibly maybe possibly maybe restrict the freedom of speech and expression of residents,” he mentioned.
