August 18, 2016 – Open Forum with Presidential Communications Office Secretary Martin Andanar
Open Forum with Presidential Communications Office Secretary Martin Andanar |
Ateneo de Davao University |
18 August 2016 |
MODERATOR: SEC. ANDANAR: Q: SEC. ANDANAR: Q: SEC. ANDANAR: MODERATOR: SEC. ANDANAR: MODERATOR: Q: SEC. ANDANAR: I will speak first from our end at the Presidential Communications Office and a testament of our continuous cooperation with the other Cabinet portfolios is the documentary right now that we just showed you and as the Communications team in the Cabinet, we are in a very unique position to attend all cluster Cabinet meetings, because all government policies will not be imbibed by the grassroots, if it is delivered also through the communication. So kami po, Father, sa PCO we have made it a point that if all of the activities of our fellow portfolios or Cabinet secretaries we’re always there support them. As a matter of fact, one of the executive orders that we recommended to the President is the National Communications Policy. The National Communications Policy is a policy that institutionalizes the flow of information from one Cabinet department to the next, until it goes round to the President and to the public. Because noong mga nakaraang taon po ay medyo napabayaan ang communication ng ating gobyerno. Marami pong mga ahensiya din sa ilalim po ng PCO, whose job it is to communicate not only to the people, but also to the different agencies of government at ito po iyong mga ahensiya tulad ng Philippine Information Agency, na medyo nawalan po ng kakaunting impluwensya, saysay ‘no, sa ating gobyerno dahil nga hindi po ito naging prayoridad nang mga nakaraang administrasyon. So, there are certain policies, institutions that Marcos built that were built in a way that we can call it a master stroke — like the Philippine Information Agency during the time of Secretary Cendaña, it was a very relevant agency here in the Philippines. So, binubuhay po natin ito to connect that to the cooperation that we need to communicate — I will give you an example, I was in Sulu two weekends ago with the President at ang sinabi po sa akin ng manager ng Sulu Radyo Bayan, “Mr. Secretary, this is the first time that we have ever had a Press Secretary in Sulu.” Ganoon din po ang sinabi sa akin doon sa Bukidnon at sa Cagayan De Oro, na hindi po dinadalaw ng Press Secretary iyong Philippine News Agency or Philippine Information Agency or Channel 4, Radyo ng Bayan, nasa ilalim po poder natin. At sabi ko po sa kanila, just like the island of Mindanao has long been forsaken, now I know that pati po pala yung ahensiya, mga regional offices, Father, ay napabayaan po. So, how can you communicate and how can you solve the problems of Maria if you don’t go to Maria and ask her the problem. So, padating po naman sa loob ng Cabinet, Father, ito po… ang nasaksihan ko po ay lahat nag uusap-usap kung papano makatulong iyong isang department doon po naman sa polisiya ng ibang departmento. Q: Considering that our country is on ring of fire, which is affected by typhoons, earthquakes and tsunamis, etc. Ano po yung plano ng mga government agencies, such as the Department of Science and Technology and NDRRMC, in order for our country to become disaster prepared and also mas madali tayong maka-adapt ng effects ng climate change in the years to come. Thank you. SEC. ANDANAR: So kahit po binabagyo yung mga kapatid natin sa Visayas, at binabagyo po doon sa Maynila, kahit binaha po sila ay maari po tayong mag-broadcast at maari po tayong magki-communicate ating mga kababayan sa pamamagitan ng Mindanao Broadcast Hub, which will become a state-of-the-art media hub in Mindanao and for people like you who are taking up Mass Communication, you no longer have to go to Manila to become one of the crème de la crème newscasters. You can stay here. And to add for that, iyong broadcast hub po dito sa Davao ay magkakaroon po ng apat na studio. Iyong isang studio po doon ay magiging Salaam Television, the first Muslim channel in the country. At binanggit din po ng Pangulo natin na magkakaroon din po tayo ng isang national TV network na tatawagin po natin ay “Lumad Television.” Para po sa mga kapatid na lumad po. Nagkausap po kami ni Father Tabora kani-kanina lang na binanggit po sa atin na meron pong isang Islamic Center dito po sa Davao, Ateneo de Davao, at ang sabi ko po sa kanya ay bakit ako lilingon doon sa malayo, sa Unibersidad ng Pilipinas sa Diliman, kapag kumuha ako ng isang ng isang konsultasyon sa mga kaibigan nating Muslim doon, kung meron palang Islamic Center dito sa Ateneo De Davao. Kaya dito na lang po tayo. So broadcast hub, emergency broadcast protocol, kahit na anung lindol man ang tatama sa atin or bagyo, you will be the last man standing, broadcasting. (claps) Okay, okay naman siguro. Q: SEC. ANDANAR: Q: Pangalawa pong kaabikat noong tanong ko na iyon ay ano ang role ng CSO, Civil Society Organizations, sa ceasefire – kung mayroon silang role? At ano ang emphasis, ano ang pananaw ng Pangulo, ng administrasyon tungkol sa IP dahil sila talaga ang naaapektuhan nitong armed conflict na ito? SEC. ANDANAR: At pagdating po naman sa ikalawang tanong ninyo, ito po ay may kinalaman sa civil society, or civic organizations na—ang gobyerno po natin ay bukas. Bukas po ang pintuan natin sa mga civil society organizations, civic groups para tumulong sa napakatagal nang problema ng ating bansa patungkol sa kapayapaan. Patunay po diyan ay iyong social agenda po ng ating Cabinet Secretary Jun Evasco, na very inclusive at sinasama po ang lahat ng miyembro ng civil society. Pagdating po naman sa problema ng ating mga katutubo, mga IPs, ganoon din po, ang Pangulo ay… bukas po ang pintuan ng ating Presidente, at bukas ang pintuan ng Office of the Cabinet Secretary para tulungan ang ating mga katutubo sa kanilang mga problema dito po sa ating bansa. So Sir, kung mayroon kayong mga requests, kailangan huwag kayo mag-atubili, lapitan ninyo po ako para kung anong concerns ninyo, ilalapit ko po kay Sec. Jun Evasco. MODERATOR: Q: SEC. ANDANAR: Kung titingnan po natin, at lalo na we have to consider that our nation is a nation that is very dependent on the revenues, the remittances of the OFWs. So we need to get our act together to be at par with the educational system of the other countries. Ang masaklap ho kasi ay meron tayong walong milyong OFWs at padami ng padami po iyong ume-exit ng bansa natin at darating din po iyong panahon na makikita po ng ating mga counterpart sa ibang bansa na ang kanilang human capital… ang kanilang kapital ay human capital din, iyong manggagawa, ay meron silang K to 12. So doon pa lamang po, kung hindi po tayo mag K to 12 ay alkansi na(?). So we have no choice but to get our act together and that is why institution like Ateneo De Davao and other private institutions are helping and should continue helping our public education system para sa ganoon ay maging handa at maging kumpleto na iyong K to 12 educational system natin. It’s going to be a long process, there is going to be a lot of bumps on the road ahead but we must and we have to do it for us to be competitive internationally. Q: SEC. ANDANAR: We already assembled an ad hoc committee to build the template for the Freedom of Information manual. So we worked with World Bank. World Bank they have experience already in constructing the manual of the Freedom of Information in the UK and in the United States. So as much as possible, we would make sure that we follow the best practices in the world, iyon parang walang learning curb ba ano. So the manual is finished already, tapos na. What we will do now is, we have a meeting with the other agencies at the DICT—bakit may DICT dito, bakit may Department of Information Communication Technology, because iyong DICT po iyong may hawak nung open data.gov. ph. So that open data kasi, na ginawa ng nakaraang administrasyon, we will evolve that into the FOI. So may meeting po kami next week and then ang Office of the Solicitor General naman at iyong DOJ, they are tasked to write down all the exceptions doon sa Freedom of Information, Ito po iyong hindi natin puwedeng buksan na impormasyon dahil maaring maapektuhan… halimbawa na lamang seguridad… the national security. So the deadline for the SolGen and the Department of Justice is August 28, if I am not mistaken. So ibibigay po nila sa akin iyong exceptions and then after that iyong Freedom of Information should have it implementing rules already by November. Sinusunod lang po natin iyong kalendaryo. Thank you. |
SOURCE: NIB (News and Information Bureau) |