The senator stressed that the people have a right to information on issues affecting them.
“Transparency is crucial to accountability. Without transparency, our people cannot access the information needed to participate in effective governance,” Poe said. “Every Filipino has a right to information of public concern. This is a sacred element in empowerment and democracy.”Memorandum Circular No. 5, signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin on March 17, updated former President Rodrigo Duterte’s Executive Order No. 2 on FOI.
The expanded exceptions to right to access of information include details covered by executive privilege; privileged information relating to national security, defense of international relations; records of proceedings; and matters considered confidential under banking and finance laws, and their amendatory laws.
DFernandezINQ To include expenditure info from PS, MOOE to Capital outlay of all agencies?
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DFernandezINQ Grace Poe has been in the Senate since 2013. That's 10 long years of doing nothing.