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Noynoy still hedging on FoI bill support 02/13/2011 By Aytch S. de la Cruz

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Noynoy still hedging on FoI bill support

02/13/2011
By Aytch S. de la Cruz
The Palace continued to be ambiguous about the Freedom of Information (FoI) bill, the passing of which was among the campaign pledges of President Aquino, indicating yesterday that the President still needs time to study some of his concerns about the bill.

The Department of Justice (DoJ) has formed a panel that would address Aquino’s supposed concerns on the FoI bill amid widespread appeals coming from its advocates for him to include the measure in the forthcoming Legislative Executive Development Advisory Council (Ledac) meeting.

Deputy presidential spokesman Abigail Valte said the discussion for the FoI bill can still take place in the next Ledac meetings since “time must be allotted” to study the concerns of the President.

After which, Valte said, the DoJ panel would have to coordinate with the FoI advocates in Congress to exchange views on the measure. She claimed this is by far what the government is undertaking at the moment in response to the clamor for the enactment of the FoI bill..... MORE

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