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Taking Responsibility for CICT Issuances

March 8, 2005

In a Computerworld article, Comm. Peña had this to say about the PH Domain Guidelines:
Taking a swipe at the DotPH head, Peña said Disini is barking up the wrong tree since he did not author the guidelines. The guidelines, he pointed out, were drafted by an advisory board that included representatives from the University of the Philippines, Philippine Electronics and Telecommunications Foundation (PETEF) and Philippine Internet Commerce Society (PICS).

“I just gave the directive to promulgate the guidelines,” Peña said. (emphasis supplied) At best, these statements are inaccurate; at worst, they’re patently misleading.

First, the language of the Guidelines are clear that the CICT is the body which promulgated them. It is significant that the Guidelines were signed only by Comm. Peña himself, to the exclusion of the other CICT commissioners. Note that the executive order creating the CICT designated two (2) ex-officio commissioners to the CICT. Their exclusion from the promulgation of the Guidelines perhaps indicates that the CICT is not a collegial body. Nevertheless, since the Guidelines contain only Mr. Peña’s signature, there can be no other conclusion but that he issued the same. (more…)

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