With calls to hastily amend the contested Cybercrime
Prevention Act despite the imminent session break of Congress, Senate Minority
Leader Alan Peter Cayetano also suggested the creation programs that would
provide free computers and internet access in barangays, schools and public
centers.
“Not only should this law be amended as soon as possible, we
have to bring in more creativity in coming up with programs that will really
promote the use of this technology,” he said in a press statement released last
October 11.
Cayetano reiterated that amidst the speeding turmoil on the
Cybercrime Prevention Act the government should act very quickly like the
Internet.
“Let’s show them that we can amend this law (Cybercrime
Prevention Act) even in just a short span of time,” he said.
The senator also acknowledged the activism of netizens
(Internet Citizens) toward the oppugned Cybercrime Prevention Act and said that
the government should see it as a “good thing.”
“If you look at the statistics only 1/3 of our people really
have access to the Internet and to computers. So, why not increase the numbers
by starting programs that would supply free computer and internet access to
barangays, schools and public centers?” Cayetano said underscoring the strong
participation of the public in the nationwide uproar regarding the challenged
measure.
“So, let us stop with the view that it’s the government
against the people,” the senator said. “And instead push for ensuring that we
should be a government for the people.”
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