House to take up information bill
By Charlie V. Manalo 06/04/2010 Speaker Prospero Nograles yesterday vowed to take up the controversial Freedom of Information (FOI) bill today before Congress adjourns sine die. This even as he appealed to all members of the House to attend today’s session to ensure quorum in order to ratify the bill. Before Congress adjourned last February for the election campaign, the House failed to ratify the bill due to problems on quorum. The bill had already been ratified by the Senate. “Yes, the FOI is in our agenda and we will take it up before our sine die adjournment today,” Nograles said. “We have already put that in our agenda. I believe (all of the pending bills) can be finished and approved (today).” Nograles, however, admitted that he cannot prevent his colleagues from questioning the quorum. “The only problem is when somebody questions the quorum. But hopefully there will be a quorum,” he said. .... MORE Source: The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20100604nat5.html |
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