House Passes FOI Bill 284-0 on Final Reading; Bicameral Talks Now the Last Hurdle to Ending 37 Years of Legislative Delay
The House of Representatives on June 2 approved House Bill No. 9397 — the Freedom of Information Act — on final reading with 284 votes and no opposition, sending the measure to bicameral conference to reconcile differences with the Senate version amid a political context defined by one of the country's worst corruption scandals in recent memory.