Journalist Esperanza Flores sent a written request to the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) for copies of all contracts entered into by the PCO with private media and advertising firms in connection with the government's national infrastructure information campaign funded from public appropriations. The PCO denied the request, invoking executive privilege and citing the contracts as matters of national security. Flores filed a petition before the Regional Trial Court, invoking Article III, Section 7 of the 1987 Philippine Constitution and Executive Order No. 2, Series of 2016 (EO No. 2). The PCO maintained that the denial was proper. Is the PCO's denial of Flores's request for information justified? (Bar 2026 Syllabus)