West Philippine Sea Presidential spokesman Harry Roque admitted that the government was dismayed with the slow implementation of the free internet access project, adding the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) will instead take over the program. The government aimed at giving the public free internet access in public spaces based on a law signed by President Duterte in 2017. Republic Act No. 10929, or the Free Internet Access in Public Places Act, covers government offices, public schools, government hospitals, public parks, airports, and transport terminals. The DICT was assigned as lead implementation agency of the law. But so far Roque lamented that only 10,000 of the 120,000 target public sites have been given free internet access.