UP's Prof Carlos, Rep Tañada speak at FOI senate hearing

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Prof Carlos: An #FOI will only work best if your govt database is existing, verifiable.
Prof Carlos cites Joint Marine Seismic Undertaking under Arroyo, says agreements like that should not have confidentiality clause.
Prof Carlos: Maybe we should also have access to how much people are earning. I work with the MMDA. I discovered they get P274 per day.

Tañada: Recent events should be a wake-up call to allow our citizens a mechanism to protect themselves from abuse of govt resources.
Tañada endorses #FOI version of Right to Know Right Now Coalition filed through indirect initiative.
Tañada: Change in Right to Know Right Now version: include "people's" as in People's #FOI bill. It is the concept of ownership.
Tañada: On the question of stumbling blocks in House. If you have a passionate chair as you in the House, there would be no stumbling block.
Tañada: I had to do my battles with the [House committee] chair. They even used the lack of a room as an excuse. #FOI Follow Rappler for the latest news in the Philippines and around the world.

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