Aquino’s priority laws: FOI, Bangsamoro

He might not have mentioned it in his State of the Nation Address, but President Benigno Aquino III’s priority bills include the Freedom of Information bill. Malacañang on July 30 submitted to the House of Representatives its list of proposed priority laws for the second regular session of Congress. Also on the list are the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law, the 2015 budget, as well as supplemental budget for programs and projects that were affected by the Supreme Court ruling that certain schemes in the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) were unconstitutional. Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr explained that the priorities were made based on their impact on people and resources, as well as the political objectives they will achieve.

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