A recent article asked the question – should findings of an independent commission, looking into the allegations of misconduct in the Dennis Dechaine case, be made public?

That seems painfully obvious to me. Yes, the findings should be made available to the public. The commission concluded that there was no evidence of misconduct. I thinks it’s only logical for people to want to know what brought the commission to that decision.

For 19 years, the case has been wrapped up in officials hiding information and misinformation. It seems as if some officials would rather chew their own limbs off than disclose any information to the general public.

If everything this commission has concluded is honest and straightforward, and they are confident of their findings, then why hide it?

No matter if one believes that Dechaine is innocent or guilty, I think any person of reasonable intelligence would not oppose the release of the information.

Simply put, information is a good thing. The public should seek it, even crave it.

Withholding information is a bad thing, and when it is being withheld from the public, the public should at least be wondering why.

Heidi Maselli, Norway