MANILA: Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman (pic) called on the incoming 20th Congress to finally approve the freedom of information (FOI) bill, a measure advocated since the 1980s by lawmakers, anticorruption watchdogs and civil society groups, gaining traction in local ordinances and Palace directives, but which has repeatedly faltered in the national legislature.
Speaking during a programme in celebration of Open Government Week on Friday (May 23), Pangandaman underscored the need for upholding the people’s right to information as enshrined in the Constitution.
