Chief of the Election System Reform Commission Badiul Alam Majumdar has called for bringing political parties under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. He argued that candidates’ educational qualifications and income-expense reports should be made public ahead of the election. Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) Executive Director Iftekharuzzaman added that the interim government has failed to set an example in implementing RTI. “Information belongs to the people, not the officials. Unless the culture of secrecy changes, the benefits of the RTI law will not be realized,” he said.