February 3, 2012 · Posted in: General
After long wait,
FOI bill moving?
EIGHTEEN MONTHS after assuming the Presidency, President Benigno S. Aquino III has finally sent to Congress his administration’s version of the long-awaited freedom of information bill (FOI).
The President transmitted the Palace version of the FOI bill to partymates and coalition members in the House of Representatives Thursday evening, ending a year-and-a-half long wait that has strained relations between the President and civil society groups that have been pushing him to act on the FOI measure.
Members of the Right to Know, Right Now! Coalition, however, are still to study the Palace version of the bill. For more than a year, Palace officials and civil society groups have been trying to hammer out an FOI bill that would be acceptable to both parties.
The President said the Palace version of the FOI bill “addresses stakeholders’ desires to have more transparency and more access to information in government.”
“We want every other administration voted into power to work under the same standard of transparency and accountability that we have set for ourselves,” the President said.
2 Responses to After long wait,
FOI bill moving?
sulongpinas tates
February 3rd, 2012 at 10:18 pm
salamat po sana tuloy na tayo sa matuwid na daan , dahil marame pa rin ang gustong dumaan sa baluktot na daan .
lalo na jan po HOUSING LAND USE REGULATORY BOARD , ayaw patigilin ang mga big time land developer na patuloy na pagbebenta ng mga pekeng house and lot , eto ang isang maliwanag pa sa sikat ng araw meron bang lupa na ang DATE OF REGISTRATION ay NAUNA PA SA DATE OF SURVEY , ganyan ang titulo ng binigay sa aming ng FIL INVEST LAND INC kaya sinuli namin agad ,ang house and lot sa MT VIEW SUBDIVISION PAYATAS QUEZON CITY PHILIPPINES pero etong si MR LUIS T FERNANDEZ first vice president ng FIL INVEST LAND INC ay ayaw pang i refund ang aming binayad , kahit may order na ang HLRUB na palitan ito ng ibang lupa ng walang problema ang titulo o kaya ibalik ang aming binayad , mula pa noong taong
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noel k. felongco
February 7th, 2012 at 10:15 pm
Just want to inquire. I read that the Malacanang FOI version is exempting the members of Congress in so far as the Pork Barrel is concerned. Is this true? If yes, then, this FOI is defective because of the exemption. Why exempt Congress when in fact, we know that pork barrel is a source of corruption in congress. Please help me understand this FOI version of Malacanang.