Just do it, endorse FoI
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At long last, it seems that the Freedom of Information (FoI) bill showed signs of life after a long period of uncertainty under Noynoy who had pledged in the 2010 campaigns that this would be a priority of his administration. But after his election, he started to change his tune, citing the danger to the nation of too much information being released from government.
A draft bill with the apparent approval of Noynoy is being readied for transmittal to Congress. According to Malacaang, the rehashed proposal has been the product of long consultations with the media and others who are concerned about the availability of state information.
The Palace did not say, however, whether or not Noynoy would endorse the bill as his administrations priority.
The bill is well debated since it has the potential of assuring transparency in government by requiring it to release nearly all forms of information that the public will require and the trade off, according to Malacaang might be the compromising of national security objectives. Nonetheless, the Philippines with the lack of commitment from government is one of the shrinking group of countries that has remained resistant to an FoI..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20120109com1.html
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tingnan natin kung anong mangyari. watered.down syempre para makalusot si "pangulong" abs de hocus pcos...pero yung iba, baka madali natin sakaling ipasa ang foi.
"The draft, most notably, changed the classification of non-disclosure offenses against the provisions of the bill from criminal to administrative, while also reducing certain penalties.
"The bill thus is a much diluted version of the original but just the get it going, most in the media field and those closely following its progress are willing to take it the way it is now crafted."
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