Duterte’s 1st EO will be FOI

By Genalyn D. Kabiling and Yas D. Ocampo The long-awaited Freedom of Information (FOI) measure may finally see the light of day under the Duterte administration. In keeping with his campaign promise, President Duterte is expected to issue an executive order that aims to give greater public access to government documents in the interest of transparency and accountability. The presidential directive mandating disclosure of public documents is currently being drafted and “fine-tuned” and will be released either this week or next week, according to Presidential Communications Operations Secretary Martin Andanar. This will likely be the first EO of the new Philippine leader. “The best days are yet to come. This week po abangan niyo po ang aming draft po at sana — hinahabol po namin ang draft po ng executive order para po sa Freedom of Information (Expect a draft order this week. We are finalizing an executive order on [...]