{"id":57295,"date":"2015-07-28T13:30:52","date_gmt":"2015-07-28T05:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=57295"},"modified":"2015-07-28T17:34:52","modified_gmt":"2015-07-28T09:34:52","slug":"poe-aquino-missed-foi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/07\/28\/poe-aquino-missed-foi\/","title":{"rendered":"Poe: Aquino missed FOI"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sen. Grace Poe (Facebook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA — For Senator Grace Poe, President Aquino should have mentioned the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

\u201cKasi sa tingin ko ang mga repormang\u00a0 naumpisahan nya mas mapapangalagaan kung meron tayong FOI kaya nga parang sayang yung pagkakataon din bagamat\u00a0 syempre nabanggit nya rin yung anti dynasty, may pagkakataon din naman doon, isang malaking bagay\u00a0 na may ganung pagtulak ang ating Pangulo,\u201d\u00a0 she said.<\/p>\n

(Through FOI, I think he can\u00a0 protect the reforms\u00a0 that he has started that\u2019s why\u00a0 it should have been a good opportunity to mention it. But\u00a0of course he also mentioned the\u00a0anti-dynasty, which is also\u00a0 a good thing that the President is pushing for it.)<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. on Monday said that the Congress will pass the freedom of information (FOI) bill.<\/p>\n

Belmonte included the FOI in the list of bills that he vowed will be passed before the\u00a016th Congress ends.<\/p>\n

Poe also said that Aquino failed to acknowledge the hardships of commuters of the Metro Rail Transit (MRT).<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would be nice to at least acknowledge the hardships of our riding public\u00a0 and then say, \u2018we\u2019re not perfect but\u00a0 were trying to do certain things to correct it,” Poe said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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