28 September 2012

BUKLOD CSSP: September 28 is International Right to Know Day. Pass the FOI Bill!


A strong democracy is built on an informed electorate. In keeping with the spirit of International Right to Know Day, we in BUKLOD CSSP remain steadfast in our call for the immediate passage of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Bill.

For the last fourteen years, our leaders have failed to pass into law the FOI Bill - an essential piece of legislation that will allow public access to documents that are crucial in ensuring the transparency and accountability of our leaders. These documents include public officials’ SALNs, and the details of how legislators spend their pork barrels. We remain deprived of the tools to assess our government’s actions and make well-informed electoral decisions. This hindrance to information is a hindrance to democracy. Such deprivation is an affront to our right to know, and we refuse to remain in the dark.

We in BUKLOD CSSP call on our administration, especially the Chairman of the Committee on Public Information Ben Evardone, whose inaction has resulted in a delay in the legislative process, and President Aquino whose promise to fight corruption is hinged on this piece of legislation, to delay no more. Pass the FREEDOM OF INFORMATION BILL!

ISKOLAR PARA SA BAYAN, MAY KARAPATAN KANG MAKAALAM AT MAKIALAM!
ANG FREEDOM OF INFORMATION BILL ANG ASPALTO SA DAANG MATUWID. IPASA NA ANG FOI BILL!


BUKLOD CSSP is a partner organization of the FOI Youth Initiative (FYI).

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