PRESIDENT Rodrigo Roa Duterte (PRRD) started his term with the signing of Executive Order (EO) No. 2, series of 2016 on freedom of information (FOI) at the executive branch.
The EO requires all executive departments, agencies, bureaus and offices “to disclose public records, contracts, transactions and any information requested by a member of the public except for matters affecting national security and other information that falls under the inventory of exceptions” as provided in the measure. The signing of the FOI would have heralded a new norm, but no moral suasion was made by PRRD to get the legislative branch and the judiciary to adopt the same and enforce it.
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