Marginalizing the marginalized
| INSIDE CONGRESS |
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| Charlie Manalo |
Before Congress went on recess early this month, the House committee on suffrage and electoral reforms was in the thick of a deliberation on various proposals to amend the law governing party-lists.
Various proposed amendments have been discussed including defining once and for all what constitutes a marginalized sector, the income bracket for a marginalized representative or even the social status of the individual representing the party-list group. But it would be no surprise that the members of the House would be expected to be very cautious on the last issue as most of the current and past representatives of the party-list groups are members of the millionaires club, including the losing senatorial candidate who petitioned for the disqualification of some party-list nominees in the last elections on the grounds they were millionaires like her..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110623com5.html
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