The FOI Youth Initiative (FYI) in the Philippine Daily Inquirer: [Ifugao Rep. Teddy Baguilat] said that they also had to work on getting more support from the public “before we can realistically ask Malacañang or the House leadership to help push it.” A manifestation of this effort to get the public’s support for the FOI Bill was the 120 youth and student organizations that have joined forces as the FOI Youth Initiative (FYI). Although the group has been active in the past Congress, it said that it has intensified its efforts to get the youth’s support for the measure. In a statement, the FYI said it “believes that the real State of the Nation can only be known if we have Freedom of Information.” “While the administration has expressed support for the FOI Bill, we have yet to see anything positively concrete. Perhaps mentioning the bill in the upcoming SONA may catalyze the favorable action that we want to see on the part of the Executive,” the group said. But like the pro-FOI lawmakers, the FYI said that the possibility of the President failing to mention the bill on Monday will change “nothing in our steadfast desire in carrying out the youth’s campaign for the People’s FOI.” newsinfo.inquirer.net/448307/solons-hope-foi-will-be-part-of-aquinos-national-address#ixzz2ZTS5iJbh
Posted on: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 07:27:43 +0000
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