Mainul Hosein made the assurance when a five-member delegation of the Right to Information (RTI) core group called on him at his office and submitted the draft law.

Manusher Jonno Foundation has been facilitating and coordinating with other civil society members to raise awareness about the need for RTI and to have the RTI Act enacted. Three core groups have been formed to facilitate this work.

A draft law on RTI has been prepared by the law core group. The draft law is based on a working paper prepared by the Law Commission in 2002. This working paper had many gaps and loopholes which have been addressed in the present draft law. A series of discussion and consultation meetings in the divisional towns with national and international experts, lawmakers, human rights activists, media persons and professionals on RTI resulted in useful recommendations for the draft law.

The members of the delegation are advocate Sultana Kamal, former adviser to the caretaker government, Dr Atiur Rahman, chairman of Unnayan Shamunnay, Shaheen Anam, executive director of Manusher Jonno Foundation, Professor Asif Nazrul of Law Department, Dhaka University, and Barrister Tanjib ul Alam.