Which of the following words fits gap 1?
The Government seems to be in right earnest to ensure more __(1)__ in governance. The Prime Minister’s announcement that his Government is __(2)__ drafting legislation to establish the citizen’s right to information is indeed welcome. Though the talk on the right to information is not new, we may __(3)__ the bill to be brought early this time. The previous Government had set up a high-level committee to prepare a draft bill. But nothing has been heard about the matter since, __(4)__ the committee did quite some work. The issue, however, has come to such a pass that a solution cannot be __(5)__ further. Sunlight is the best disinfectant, a foreign judge once said, while __(6)__ the unwarranted secrecy in an administrative system. When those in authority know that people have the right to ask questions and the government is under the __(7)__ to provide them with answers, __(8)__ of authority, or of public finances, for personal or party ends is less likely to happen.