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Several journalists ' organisations demanded that the state and municipal companies, the act on openness of district – a Public power and the use of money cast in the dark

vendor organizations require a statement of position of state and municipal companies, the act on openness in a circle. The statement concerns the ministry of j

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Several journalists ' organisations demanded that the state and municipal companies, the act on openness of district – a Public power and the use of money cast in the dark

vendor organizations require a statement of position of state and municipal companies, the act on openness in a circle. The statement concerns the ministry of justice's clarification on the subject.

the act on Openness applies at present only the authorities and organisations according to the act on openness should cover the public power and the use of resources regardless of the organization's legal form.

the organization of public authority functions incorporation endanger the public's right to know how the power and tax money is used.

vendor organizations raise their for example, inter alia the Helsinki and Espoo cities owned by the west metro ltd, which is surrendered to the metro board of directors commissioned a report to project delays and higher prices of owner city of politicians or reporters.

– it Is unacceptable that the public power and the use of money trickling in the dark in a situation where it is transferred to, for example, the municipal council of the stock company or otherwise through the invisibility. Then citizens did not get information about what his money or by the prevalent actually do this. Needed Lex west metro to shut these loopholes, investigative journalism association's president Ville Eklund said the association's bulletin.

the position taken is signed by the investigative journalism of the association in addition to, inter alia, the Finnish journalists ' association, court reporter association and policy reporters association.

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