An opposition senator is charging that laws designed to guarantee government accountability and public access to information are being systematically ignored, leaving citizens who exercise their legal rights without any response from the ministries they contact.
According to Antigua Observer, United Progressive Party Senator Jonathan Wehner raised the alarm over what he described as a deliberate pattern of non-compliance with the Integrity in Public Life Act and related transparency legislation.
Senator Wehner stated that ordinary citizens who submit formal requests to government ministries under the provisions of existing law are being met with silence, effectively rendering those legal rights meaningless in practice.
The UPP senator argued that the government's failure to respond to such requests represents a serious breach of its own legislative framework — one that was put in place specifically to hold public officials accountable and ensure transparency in the conduct of state affairs.
As reported by Antigua Observer, Wehner's remarks underscore growing opposition concerns that accountability mechanisms enshrined in law are not being enforced, raising questions about the government's commitment to the transparency standards it helped legislate.
