7 out of 10 party-list groups hijacked by political clans, big businesses
An election watchdog said the rich and powerful use the party-list system as a backdoor to further entrench their political and economic interests.
An election watchdog said the rich and powerful use the party-list system as a backdoor to further entrench their political and economic interests.
Journalism educator and Kontra Daya convenor Danilo Arao urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to prepare for technical glitches in the upcoming 2022 national elections.
“Kontra Daya stresses the importance of public pressure at this time when Cardema and his ilk try to make a mockery of the already bastardized party-list system and to reduce the Comelec into an extension of Malacañan Palace to which the Duterte Youth blindly throws its support.”