President Aquino puts support behind legislation seeking Filipino government transparency progress | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

July 29–Measure pushed in budget message DRAWING flak for not mentioning the controversial Freedom of Information (FOI) bill in his final State of the Nation Address (SONA), President Benigno Aquino 3rd on Tuesday asked Congress to pass the proposed law to cement transparency in government. The Senate has already passed Senate Bill 1733 — its version…