The bill sets a time limit of 50 years for top secret disclosures (renewable by 15 years), 40 years for secrets (renewable by another 10 years), from 7 to 10 years for confidential documents and 4 to 6 years for material that restrictions apply.
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The Council of Ministers of the Spanish government approved this Monday the official secret accountwhich will stipulate a minimum of 50 years to keep the “top secrets” of the state and which will assign responsibility for classified information to the ministry of the presidency.
The Minister of the Presidency, Felix Bolanosstressed at a press conference that the law will allow “the overcoming of an absolutely Francoist norm”.
The denomination will be: Draft Act on Classified tionand will establish four categories of protection: “top secret”, “secret”, “confidential” and “restricted”.
Depending on the category, the terms for declassification range from 50 years for top secret information (the information considered the most sensitive) to four years for confidential information, although this period can be extended in some cases.
For example, the draft sets a deadline of 50 years for the disclosure of top secrets (renewable by 15 years), 40 years for secrets (renewable by another 10 years), from 7 to 10 years for confidential documents and from 4 to 6 years for limited material.
Bolaños has reminded that these deadlines can be revised “at any time by the authority”. The minister thinks so “reasonable” deadlines.
There is currently no deadline each for the declassification of information of a restricted nature.
The GDP has described the preliminary draft law on official secrets that the Spanish government plans to approve in the Council of Ministers this Monday, which the Jeltzales have been claiming for “six years” as “disappointing and late”.
EH Picture has asked the Spanish government to correct the draft, because it “does not conform to the word given nor does it meet the requirements”.
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Source: EITB
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