Thread by @SirenAssociates

1/ Recent attempts by high-level political forces to undermine @CInspectionLB & prevent it from carrying out independent oversight of the state are both legally unsound and ahistorical. The law clearly mandates CI to oversee and inspect the performance of the state. #right2info

2/ The above circular is a dangerous attack on independent #oversight, demanding that @CInspectionLB submit to the executive branch when requesting information on the public sector. CI is legally entitled to review any state document needed to oversee public admins #right2info

3/No sustainable reform to the public sector can be made without mapping each institution’s fundamentals. @CInspectionLB has been collecting this information since 1959. But the regime is pushing back as CI moves toward transparent digital inspections thru @impact_gov #right2info

4/ @impact_gov enables high-impact, low-resource oversight. Can anyone imagine @CInspectionLB's 20 Administrative Inspectors manually collecting sufficient data to map the state, and doing so within the urgent timeframe demanded by Lebanese for reform? #digitalisation #right2info

5/ Urgent, coordinated action is needed between civil society, the international community and reformists within the state to fortify Lebanon’s oversight institutions and buffer them against corruption & intimidation. #right2info @rochdi_najat

6/ Civil society & diplomatic pressure must focus on building a technical roadmap ensuring access and #right2info, a full map of the public administration, bolstered audit & oversight, digi transformation, e-procurement, decentralisation & other critical areas of gov'ce reform