PNoy on FOI bill: Push ahead
By Jun Pasaylo, The Philippine Star
January 04, 2012
MANILA, Philippines – President Benigno Aquino III directed his communications group to “push ahead” with the much-delayed Freedom of Information bill, a Palace official announced today.
In a press briefing at Malacanang, Communications Group Undersecretary Manolo Quezon said the President has no immediate opposition on the draft of the FOI.
“His only intervention was the removal of the proposed Information Commission, which will (just) add another layer of bureaucracy,” Quezon said quoting the President.
“The President marching order (to us) is to push ahead with the FOI bill,” he said.
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