TRUE to her word, neophyte lawmaker Maria Leonor “Lenny” Robredo of Camarines Sur province filed a measure that will institutionalize the full disclosure of all state budget and transactions that is similar in nature to the controversial freedom of information (FOI) bill.

The widow of the late Interior secretary Jesse Robredo filed her pet measure, House Bill 21, on Monday, the first day for filing bills to be taken up in the 16th Congress.

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