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MANILA - A party-list lawmaker on Thursday said the next president should make anti-corruption his or her defining platform and certify as urgent the enactment of the long-overdue Freedom of Information (FOI) bill. Citizens' Battle Against Corruption (CIBAC) Party-List Representative and House Deputy Speaker Bro. Eddie Villanueva made the remark following the country's score decline in the recently released 2021 Corruption Perception Index (CPI). With a score of 33 on a scale where 100 means a country is perceived clean while 0 is seen as highly corrupt the Philippines ranked 117th out of 180 countries included in the 2021 CPI conducted by international watchdog Transparency International. This standing is a point lower and two notches drop than 2020's score and ranking which is 34 and 115th, respectively. VIllanueva described corruption as "anti-jobs, anti-health and anti-poor" because it steals government funds intended to provide Filipinos with employment,

Eddie villanuevaOffice of the ombudsmanTransparency internationalBattle against corruptionParty list representativeHouse deputy speakerPerception indexManilaa party list lawmaker on thursday said the next president should make anti corruption his or her defining platform and certify as urgent enactment of long overdue freedom information foi bill citizens 39 battle against cibac representative house deputy speaker bro eddie villanueva made remark following country 39s score decline in recently released 2021 perception index cpi witha 33 ona scale where 100 meansa is perceived clean while 0 seen highly corrupt philippines ranked 117th out 180 countries included conducted by international watchdog transparency this standing isa point lower two notches drop than 2020 ranking which 34 115thEspectively villanueva described corruption as quot anti jobsNti health and anti poor quot because it steals government funds intended to provide filipinos with employmentYuda cash aidNd protection from covid 19 quot the next president must be someone who puts anti corruptiona centerpiece of coming administration iAll on my fellow filipinos to carefully discern and only vote for the candidate who has convincing proof of ability track record fight corruptionUot he said citing office of the ombudsman dataIllanueva said around php700 billion of the national government 39s budget is annually lost to corruption quot this will be revealed if candidate certify as urgent passage freedom information bill which radically disclose all documents and transactions public thus enhance accountability deter corrupt undertakings that are disadvantageous peopleUot he said pna