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An official of the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) on Monday expressed the agency’s all-out support for the passage into law of the Freedom of Information (FOI) bills. 📜🗽

Senators Ramon Revilla Jr., Sonny Angara, Grace Poe, and Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva have filed separation versions of the proposal. 💼📝👥

“Gusto po sana naming mapalawak pa ito kaya sa mga activities ng FOI Project Management Office ng (We want to expand this. That’s why in the activities of FOI Project Manage Office of) PCO, we partner not only with the national line agencies but also with the local government units,” PCO Undersecretary Cherbett Karen Maralit told senators during a public hearing conducted by the Committee on Public Information and Mass Media, chaired by Senator Robinhood Padilla. 📢🏛️💻

Maralit said President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. supported the FOI by attending the 14th International Conference of Information Commissioners (ICIC) held at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City on June 19 to 21. 👍👥💼

ICIC is a network of international right-to-information bodies that convene every year to discuss and push for the passage of FOI and the right to information. 🌍🤝📜

“’Yun pong presensya ni Presidente doon sa international conference na ‘yun speaks volumes. Malaking (The presence of the President in that international conference speaks volumes. It made a big) significance not only for the ICIC, but also for us lalo na ang members of the press at na-appreciate po nila kung paano na-express ni Presidente ang kanyang suporta sa pag-push ng FOI dito sa ating bansa (especially the members of the press and they appreciated how the President expressed his support in pushing FOI here in our country),” Maralit said. 🗣️🌍🤝

The PCO implements the FOI Project mandated under Executive Order No. 2 issued by former president Rodrigo Duterte in 2016. 📋✍️🗂️

Under the program, the PCO is continuing its FOI campaign to add more to the 65 local government units (LGUs) which had already passed FOI local ordinances, according to Maralit. 🏛️📣📋

She told the panel that 102,594 users were registered nationwide in the Electronic FOI (eFOI), wherein 180,907 electronic and 53,209 standard/paper-based requests were filed. 💻📋📊

Maralit said the program currently has a 55 percent success rate in processing requests, with an average processing time of seven working days. 📈⌛👍

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