SC, Comelec Urged: Don’t Mock Partylist Law, Allow Marginalized Sectors in Congress

MANILA — T’is the season to start cheating?

Three big partylist groups have questioned the Comelec’s efficiency, fairness, accuracy and capacity to respect, uphold and promote the law, particularly that of the partylist system and in allowing representation for the marginalized. This developed as three of the biggest and most popular new partylist groups – Alliance of Concerned Teachers, Migrante and Courage — were kept out by the Comelec from the partylist race in the 2010 elections.

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