At least three years after then Senator Benigno Aquino 3rd promised to push for the passage of Freedom of Information law, the ruling Liberal Party that he chairs is still deferring its stance on the FOI measure.

Rep. Ben Evardone of Eastern Samar, a member of the LP, made the disclosure a day after the House leadership appointed LP member and Rep. Jorge Almonte of Misamis Occidental as the Chairman of the House Committee on Public Information which would determine the fate of the FOI measure in Congress.

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