DAVAO CITY — Bayan Muna criticized here today the Commission on Election?s proposal to implement the so-called ?Panganiban formula? or the first party rule in the partylist system which will consequently trim down the representation of marginalized sectors in the House of Congress.
In this two-part report, the Center for People Empower in Governance (CenPEG), a think tank that advocates for more grassroots participation in governance, dissects the recent elections.
Political dynasties are a product of a society riven by income inequalities and lack of opportunities for social and economic uplift of the majority of the people.
(Last of two parts)
By the Policy Study, Publication and Advocacy (PSPA)
Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG
MANILA — Widely believed to have ensured Gloria M. Arroyo’s victory in the 2004 rigged elections is Datu Andal Ampatuan, who is now said to be at the center of alleged cheating in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). The Ampatuan dynasty based in Maguindanao province is Arroyo’s present conduit in helping ensure her influence over the whole of Mindanao, which hosts many of the country’s grizzled but otherwise powerful political clans. Datu Andal used to be a member of the House until he became governor of Maguindanao in 2004, a post which he expects to retain this year.
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Senate Minority Leader Aquilino ?Nene? Q. Pimentel,
Jr. (PDP-Laban) is seeking a Senate inquiry into the
burning of the Pinagbayanan Elementary School in
Taysan, Batangas at dawn on May 15, killing three
persons and injuring 12 others who were rendering
election duties.
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