MANILA, Philippines—Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III on Friday dared President Aquino to certify the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill as urgent just like what he did for the highly contentious Reproductive Health bill which was recently enacted into law. Sen. Francis Escudero, a close ally of President Aquino, expressed optimism that Mr. Aquino would do so when the FOI measure reaches the plenary in the House of Representatives. "In the case of the RH bill, half of the country was opposing it. With the FOI, almost the entire country wants it," Sotto said in a text message. Sotto cited the urgency of the passage of the FOI bill sin...
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