From Manila Bulletin
By RIO ROSE RIBAYA
Link: http://mb.com.ph/articles/249697/erap-nix-fake-partylist-reps
Ditch all party-list groups that do not represent the real marginalized sectors.
This was the message of former President Joseph “Erap” Estrada as he called on voters to shun the partylist group that nominated Pampanga Rep. Juan Miguel “Mikey” Arroyo as its first nominee. Some quarters have accused the young Arroyo of using the marginalized sector to gain a seat in the Lower House.
“Not only Mikey. I’m not singling out Mikey. I’m asking the voters not to vote for (some) groups for misrepresenting themselves as being representatives of the masses,” Estrada said.
Arroyo, President Arroyo’s eldest son, is running for a seat in Congress under party-list group Ang Galing Pinoy, which claimed to represent security guards, instead of seeking re-election in the 2nd District of Pampanga.
President Arroyo, whose term as president will expire on June, is running for a congressional seat in the 2nd District of Pampanga, the post vacated by son Mikey. She is reportedly eyeing the House speakership.
Estrada added that aside from Mikey, another Arroyo – Rep. Lourdes Arroyo, sister of First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo – represents another party-list group, Ang Kasangga.
“They are breaking the rule conceptualized by the Constitutional Commission. The party-list is for the marginalized sectors. It’s not for the wealthy,” Estrada said, citing party-list provisions under the Constitution.
“This is too much,” he noted.
By RIO ROSE RIBAYA
Link: http://mb.com.ph/articles/249697/erap-nix-fake-partylist-reps
Ditch all party-list groups that do not represent the real marginalized sectors.
This was the message of former President Joseph “Erap” Estrada as he called on voters to shun the partylist group that nominated Pampanga Rep. Juan Miguel “Mikey” Arroyo as its first nominee. Some quarters have accused the young Arroyo of using the marginalized sector to gain a seat in the Lower House.
“Not only Mikey. I’m not singling out Mikey. I’m asking the voters not to vote for (some) groups for misrepresenting themselves as being representatives of the masses,” Estrada said.
Arroyo, President Arroyo’s eldest son, is running for a seat in Congress under party-list group Ang Galing Pinoy, which claimed to represent security guards, instead of seeking re-election in the 2nd District of Pampanga.
President Arroyo, whose term as president will expire on June, is running for a congressional seat in the 2nd District of Pampanga, the post vacated by son Mikey. She is reportedly eyeing the House speakership.
Estrada added that aside from Mikey, another Arroyo – Rep. Lourdes Arroyo, sister of First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo – represents another party-list group, Ang Kasangga.
“They are breaking the rule conceptualized by the Constitutional Commission. The party-list is for the marginalized sectors. It’s not for the wealthy,” Estrada said, citing party-list provisions under the Constitution.
“This is too much,” he noted.
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