The DTI was appointed as the lead agency of the council, with the Trade Secretary designated as chair and the Science Secretary and a private sector representative acting as co-chairs. It is neither the highest planning body. IT is merely a tool for national development and therefore falls under the general national development concerns of Neda. We don t want to be the highest policymaking body. He went on to cite that the National Telecommunications Commission is the body mandated to set policies for telecommunications, while the DTI has been appointed as the agency in charge of implementing the Philippine E-Commerce Law.
Information technology is a broad term.
It s clear what NCC is expected to do. In fact, we have enough to do. We currently keep ourselves busy. The council is scheduled to meet on the first week of February. We can argue on these legal matters.