Access-to-info bill challenges Palace on executive privilege.
The House last May passed on third reading House Bill 3732 or the Freedom of Information Act of 2008. And the President”s allies in the House are among its unwitting sponsors.’
The measure, already forwarded to the Senate for it consideration, seeks to give meaning to the constitutional provision guaranteeing the people”s right to information of public concern, said House Speaker Prospero Nograles, in a text message to abs-cbnNews.com/Newsbreak.
The 1987 Constitution, in the Bill of Rights, says: The right of the people to information on matters of public concern shall be recognized. Access to official records, and to documents, and papers pertaining to official acts, transactions, or decisions, as well as to government research data used as basis for policy development, shall be afforded the citizen, subject to limitations as may be provided by law.’
The measure, Nograles added, compels all government offices including Congress, judiciary and government-owned and controlled corporations to act on request for information within 10-15 days.’
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