party-list are marginalized groups in the country? THINK AGAIN!!!

[anggwaponi]

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para nako o kun ako lang pabut-on, tangtangun o wad-on na ni Party List System sa atung Congress o Lower House


daghan na man gud mga Representatives nga walay gikuptan nga committee o kun naa man gani, either di ganahan o wa kaangay sa gihatag o gi-assigned nga committee


naka-observe man gud ko nga mostly sa mga Representatives kay naay preferential nga gusto hawiran o gunitan nga committee


naa man gud mga committee nga less expose sa media ug naa sab always expose sa media. then kun ang Representative ganahan magpa-re elect then adtu gyud na sila sa kanunay more o always expose sa media arun ingnun naay nabuhat



likewise, daghan na kaayo sab Representatives nga kun ayuhon lang gyun bahin ang mga committee, di na man tingali kinahanglan Party List Representatives


in fact, though di ko sure pero sa Pilipinas ra man tingali daghan kaayu Party List Representatives kay ang usa sa minimum requirements basta makaabot lang 2-million votes kay daug na


then dungag2x lang ni sa gastu ang mga Party List Representatives considering nga daghan na kaayu existing District Representatives nga gamay ra gigunitan ug walay klaro nga mga committee


nakabasa man gani ko before nga si Cong. Jules Ledesma (hubby ni Assunta) nga kanunay lang absent kay ingon pa n'ya, no need to go daily o report sa Floor kay wa man siya gigunitan nga committee


then ingon n'ya nga mu-co author lang s'ya sa Bill nga i-propose so naa na 'sya agi


sa USA, o bisan dire kay all it needs for a group or party is to lobby. mas-working o epektibo pa ning so called mga Lobbyist sa USA then to have a Party List nga dungag2x lang sa gastu


hinaut nga wa na unta Party List Representatives by 2016

[<SMILE>]

It's just an another means of milking the cow.
Basta naa gani makuha nga wawart and influence bright kaayo ni sila,
gihimo pang alibi ang mga marginalized.

[andrea_kristy]

The real purpose of the party-list system was defeated. Nice unta kaayo nig intention para ma-represent ang mga marginalized sector ug sa dihang the buayas found a way to it. paetz.

[stew_griff]

haha pangutan a tos mikey arroyo nga mao konoy nag representar sa mga SG ug mga traysikul driver,,, dako natog nabulsa cguro.

[soundstreammsi]

mayrag matang2 unta ning mga party list oi. wa na mani klaron ron sila. may las storya about advocacy sa marginalized sector. pero wa man jud klaro nabuhat. sige rag represent2.

[AlyssaCo]

Hi po just a comment to reinforce your statements here.

Here's is an article po written by the President of the Centrist Democracy Political Institute, Mr. Lito Monico Lorenzana, shedding light on the Party-list System. I believe his article can best explain this Party-list system in the Philippines and why it should be abolished:

Thursday, October 03, 2013
The Party-List System

While it was meant for good - that is: to provide political access to representatives of marginalized groups -- the Party-list system only leads to factions in Congress. It has so far been heavily misused by powerful and rich families and personalities.

The Constitution and its implementing law introduced this system only for a transitional period of three elections. It is perpetuated due to vested interests of many persons who directly benefit from it.

The members of the House should be elected in a mixed system of 50% direct elections in Congressional Districts, and 50% election in a proportional system or Proportional Representation (PR) through party-lists. These should be drawn from all parties registered and accredited for participation in the elections. Proportional Representation is the process of transforming votes into seats in the Congress. There should be no limits for the seats of each party depending on the percentage garnered by the party-lists which will be translated into seats in the House of Representatives.

This would ensure a very effective representation of different sectors and marginalized groups as candidates on the party lists of major national parties compete with one another for the votes of the groups of citizens.

CDP will fight for the reform of the election periods of national and local elections. Members of the Senate and of the House of Representatives should be elected for four years with possibility of re-election twice. Governors, mayors and all elected local officials should be elected for five years with possibility of re-election for two times.

This will strongly improve the quality of the work of these democratic institutions, enable them to follow more medium- and long-term objectives for the benefit of the citizens and save money as the number of costly elections would be reduced.

In order to institutionalize political parties, some things must be done first: Reform the Party List Act: open Party List elections to all legally-registered political parties and distribute seats in proportion to that party’s share of votes.

These steps can be done without having to change the constitution.

For long-term improvement of the quality and stability of Philippine Democracy, however, strong existing connections between economic and political power should be dissolved. The rule of law should also allow changes in the constitution.
The Party-List System

-Reposted with permission from the author himself.

Lito Monico Lorenzana has served under four Philippine Presidents in various capacities as a member of the Cabinet and several Commissions. A Harvard educated political technocrat, he was one of the prime movers of the Citizens Movement for Federal Philippines (CMFP); one of the founders of the Centrist Democratic Party of the Philippines (CDP): Ang Partido ng Tunay na Demokrasya; and the Centrist Democracy Political Institute (CDPI).

[carbrill]

ako pa ani nila pang tangtangon ni sila nga party list unya ilisan ug laing system kay ang nag represent lahi may agenda...

[NapoleonBlownapart]

the crocs created the system that would be conducive for them. Scrap the system kill the crocs.. mao ni solution..

[sniper007]

Kanus-a pud lage kaha na abolish ang partylist. Kana na seguro naay makalingkod na tarong na Presidente.