Will FOI pass the 15th Congress

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ADJOURNED. Discussions on why the Right of Reply bill by Nueva Ecija Rep Rodolfo Antonino was not included in the agenda of the Technical Working Group took up the most time during the FOI hearing. Photo by Angela Casauay.
After almost two hours of discussions and debates on procedural matters the House Committee on Public Information failed to make it forward Tuesday, November 13. The meeting was only the second committee meeting tackling the bill this year. One more meeting is scheduled for November 27, should it push through Congress has only 18 working days left to approve the bill before it adjourns for the Christmas break on December 21. Members of the Right to Know Right Now! Coalition which were present during the heading believe the bill is now dead in the 15th Congress. Deputy House Speaker Lorenzo “Erin” Tañada, one of the principal authors of the bill expressed disappointment in the committee leadership blaming it for its inability to schedule committee hearings.
The bill aims to make the bureaucracy more transparent and compels government agencies to provide the public with documents on matters related to public interest. President Benigno Aquino III earlier vowed to push for its approval, but changed his mind.


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