Government to spend P24.8M for Aquino’s US visit
Monday, September 19, 2011
MANILA — The government has set aside P24.8 million for President Benigno Aquino III’s five-day official visit to the United States.
Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. said the President is scheduled to leave Sunday evening via a commercial flight to San Francisco.
The P24.8-million budget covers expenses for hotel accommodations, food, transportation, telecommunications and equipment requirements, among others, said Ochoa.
The complete delegation of Aquino includes Foreign Secretary Albert Del Rosario, Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima, Trade Secretary Gregory Domingo, Social Welfare Secretary Corazon Soliman, Transportation and Communication Secretary Manuel Roxas II, Budget Secretary Florencio Abad, Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Secretary Ramon Carandang, and Bangko Sentral Governor Amando Tetangco Jr.
President Aquino was invited by US President Barack Obama and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff to the official launch of the Open Governance Partnership (OGP) in New york, a new multilateral initiative to promote transparency, empower citizens, fight corruption and harness new technologies to strengthen governance.
Presidents Obama and Rousseff co-chair the initiative with the theme “The Power of Open: A Global Discussion.”
The Philippines is one of eight countries, and one of only two from Asia, which comprise the Steering Committee of OGP. The other seven countries are the US, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Indonesia, Mexico, Norway and South Africa.
Steering Committee members are selected based on the following criteria: fiscal transparency, access to information, disclosures related to elected officials and citizen engagement.
“President Aquino’s participation in the event and the selection of our country as a member of the Steering Committee reflects the international community’s recognition of the President’s commitment to open governance and anti-corruption programs and practices,” Ochoa said.
“Such programs are so important to the President that he himself chairs the Cabinet Cluster on Good Governance, which oversees and spearheads these initiatives,” he added.
The Chief Executive’s first stop is San Francisco for a short layover before going to New York for the OGP.
President Aquino will also meet high-level business executives belonging to the US-Asean Business Council, the US Chamber of Commerce and the Philippine-American Chamber of Commerce.
He will also speak before the IBM Centennial Forum, “Think: A Forum on the Future of Leadership,” for the computer giant’s 100th anniversary.
After New York, the President will fly to Washington D.C. to deliver a public lecture during the IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings with an audience composed of finance ministers, central bank officials and country representatives.
His lecture will discuss the roles of citizen empowerment, good governance and anti-corruption initiatives as agents of poverty reduction.
The President will also meet with the Filipino communities in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia, an area where approximately 110,000 Filipinos live.
He will return to the country on September 23. (Jill Beltran/Sunnex)
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/breaking-news/2011/09/18/government-spend-p248m-aquinos-us-visit-180070
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