Wake us up when it’s finally passed.
“At the House of Representatives, key members of the administration-backed majority bloc said they will strongly back Speaker Feliciano ‘Sonny’ Belmonte Jr. in his desire to include the FOI measure part of the legislative priorities for the second regular session of the 16th Congress,” reports Ben Rosario in Tempo.
The report said that “among those vowing to support the FOI measure are Deputy Speaker Giorgidi Aggabao, Reps. Oscar Rodriguez (LP, Pampanga); Samuel Pagdilao (ACT-CIS Partylist), and Gus Tambunting (UNA, Paranaque City).”
But the report also pointed out that “the Lower House has yet to match the Senate in giving its due importance for the FOI in the past three Congress sessions.”
Apparently, while the Senate has been prompt in its approval of the FOI, each time, some congressmen (both allies and non-allies of the current administration) get in the way.
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