Pass the Freedom of Information Act

A collective editorial published by various media organizations nationwide called on the Aquino administration to pass the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act which has remained stuck in Congress. “The Freedom of Information Act long promised by the Constitution to this day remains just a promise,” the joint media statement said. Despite its being naturally betrothed to pushing and passing the Act, the administration and its Liberal Party-led coalition in the House have yet to act on it. The right to information is “our protection against government abuse, at the same time that it is our power to make government accountable,” the statement said. It called on the President, Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile and Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr to exercise leadership in enacting the FOI into law.

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