Office! Resignation! 50! Salary!and! Benefits! 51! ! ! Accountable!to! People’s!Majlis! 53! Employment,! transfer!and! dismissal!of! employees!of!the! Office! 54! Financial!Matters! 55! 28! Unofficial)translation) ! from!office,!if!found!that!he!carried!out!an!act! unsuitable!to!the!position!of!Information! Commissioner,!or!if!he!is!unable!to!discharge!the! responsibilities!of!the!post!or!is!incompetent!to! perform!the!responsibilities!of!the!post,!by!the! relevant!Parliamentary!Committee!of!the!People’s! Majlis,!and!upon!the!approval!of!such!finding!by!the! People’s!Majlis!by!a!majority!of!those!present!and! voting,!calling!for!the!Commissioner’s!removal!from! office.! ! If!the!Commissioner!wishes!to!resign!from!office,!he! may!do!so!by!submitting!a!written!resignation!to!the! President!of!the!Republic,!and!the!office!shall!be! vacant!when!the!President!receives!the!resignation! letter.! ! (a)! The!salary!and!benefits!offered!to!the! Information!Commissioner!shall!be!in!part!with! that!offered!to!the!President!of!the!Human! Rights!Commission.! ! (b)! The!salary!and!other!allowances!provided!to!the! employees!of!the!Office!of!the!Information! Commissioner!shall!be!determined!by!the! Commissioner!with!the!advice!of!the!Ministry!of! Finance!and!Treasury.! ! The!Information!Commissioner!shall!appear!before! the!People’s!Majlis!or!any!of!its!relevant!committees!if! required!to!do!so!at!any!time.! And!the!Information!Commissioner!must!answer!the! questions!put!before!him!by!the!Majlis!or!committees,! to!the!best!of!his!knowledge.! ! For!the!purpose!of!executing!the!powers!vested!in!the! Information!Commissioner,!he!has!the!power!to! delegate!additional!employees!to!the!Information! Commissioner’s!Office,!to!train,!promote!and!dismiss! them,!without!breaching!the!allocated!budget!passed! by!the!People’s!Majlis!to!run!the!Office.! ! (a)! The!State!treasury!shall!provide!the!Office!of!the! Information!Commissioner!the!funds!from!the! annual!budget!approved!by!the!People’s!Majlis! in!order!for!the!Information!Commissioner!to! undertake!fully!the!responsibilities!of!the!office.!! !

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