JOSE MANUEL I. DIOKNO, fo Sanidad Law Office ‘77 Malakas Street, Barangay Pinyahan Quezon City 1100 Metro Manila 20 March 2019 ’. SALVADOR C. MEDIALDEA Executive Seeretary OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY Ground Floor, Premier Guest House J.P. Laurel Street San Miguel, City of Manila ION. TEODORO L. LOCSIN, JR. Secretary of Foreign Affairs DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 2330 Roxas Boulevard Pasay City Ri Gentlemen: I write in connection with thi Systems’ (MWSS) P, lite: ¢ Metropolitan Waterworks roject to construct the Kaliwa Dam, a six hi rs per day (600mld) capacity dam (the “Project”). | and Sewerage wundred million During the state visit of President 2018, it was publicly announced tl several agreements including, Xi Jingping of China on 20 to 21 November hat the Philippines and China had signed among others, the following: 1. Preferential Buyer's Credit Loan Agreement on the New Centen: Water Source-Kaliwa Dam Project between Metropolitan Waterwork: and Sewage System (MWSS) and Export-Import Bank of Chin: and iL s R co COPARTMERT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS NT COMMUNICATIONS AND. RECONOS DIVISION 21 tan Zute ‘aliwa Dam Proje¢t between Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewage System (MWSS) Commercial Contract of the New Centennial Water Source and “ ina Energy Engineering Corporation. ] ction 7 of the Bill of Rights of the 1987 Constitution provides: | ‘The right of the people to information on matters of public concern shall be recognized. Access to official records, and to documents, and papers pertaining to official acts, transactions, or decisions, as well as to government research data used as basis for policy development, shall be afforded the citizen, subject to such limitations as may be provided by law. Executive Grder No. 2, s. 2016,! in addition, provides: Every Filipino shall have access to information, official records, public records and to documents and |Papers pertaining to official acts, transactions or decisions, as well as to government research data used as basis for policy development.2 In line with the Bill of Rights, E.0. No. 2, and prevailing jurisprudence, please provide us with true copies of the above-mentioned agreements. In addition, we make this request pursuant to Section 5(a) of RA. 6713 (Code of Conduct of Public Officials and Employees), Section 9 of the MWSS FOI CO nual, and the Administrative Code of 1987.4 the last of which provides that jalny public officer who, without just cause, neglects to perform a duty within a period fixed by law or regulation, or within a reasonable period if none is fixed, shall be liable for damages to the private party concerned without prejudice to such other liability as may be prescribed by law.” We thank you in advance for your usual cooperation. "Otherwise kl asthe Opatinalizing in th Execute Branch he People’s Cnstttoal Right o Information and the State Tote to Ful Pubic Dscinur ond Trompareney in the Puc See end Proving Cites theron Seton EO. 2 206 2 SECTION 9, ADMINISTRATIVE LIABILITY 1, Non compli this M ith FOL Failure to comply with the provisions of tal shall be a ground forthe following administrative penalties: of one (1) tothirty (30) days; andJOS] EL I. DIOKNO. LeattCounsel APOLINAR A. DERILO Chairperso ‘Task Force|Sierra Madre for Balance Ecology. Inc. Infanta, Quezon Gee. FR. PETE MONTALLIANA. Chairperson Save Sierra Madre Network Alliance, Inc. MR. cobtmarweaas Executive Director Prelature of Infanta, Community Organization of the Philippines, Inc. (PI-COPI, Ine. ) MR. MARCKLJNO S. TENA Pangulo Samahan nig mga Katutubong Agta/Dumagat — Remontado na Binabaka at Ipinagtatanggol ang Lupaing Ninuno. Inc ee Inc.)