Poe: Aquino missed FOI

Sen. Grace Poe (Facebook photo)

MANILA — For Senator Grace Poe, President Aquino should have mentioned the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill.

In an interview after the President made his two-hour report to the nation, Poe said that she was waiting for the President to mention it.

“Kasi sa tingin ko ang mga repormang  naumpisahan nya mas mapapangalagaan kung meron tayong FOI kaya nga parang sayang yung pagkakataon din bagamat  syempre nabanggit nya rin yung anti dynasty, may pagkakataon din naman doon, isang malaking bagay  na may ganung pagtulak ang ating Pangulo,”  she said.

(Through FOI, I think he can  protect the reforms  that he has started that’s why  it should have been a good opportunity to mention it. But of course he also mentioned the anti-dynasty, which is also  a good thing that the President is pushing for it.

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Meanwhile, Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. on Monday said that the Congress will pass the freedom of information (FOI) bill.

Belmonte included the FOI in the list of bills that he vowed will be passed before the 16th Congress ends.

Poe also said that Aquino failed to acknowledge the hardships of commuters of the Metro Rail Transit (MRT).

“It would be nice to at least acknowledge the hardships of our riding public  and then say, ‘we’re not perfect but  were trying to do certain things to correct it,” Poe said.