from Manila Bulletin
United Opposition (UNO) vice presidential candidate Jejomar C. Binay Sunday said he is suspecting that “benchwarmers” are temporarily occupying the slots reserved for administration officials as party-list nominees, to provide the latter with the perfect cover to campaign for a higher office and use government resources at the same time.
“It appears that their game plan is to cling on to their executive positions and provide Mrs. Arroyo company until June 30, and rejoin her, as one of her hawi boys in Congress the following day,” he claimed.
In a statement from Singapore where he is presiding over the Asia-Pacific council meeting of the World Scouting Movement, Binay said Cabinet members who plan to sneak into Congress via the party-list route must also obey the recent Supreme Court (SC) ruling deeming them resigned from office and quit now.
Binay also challenged these “undeclared congressional candidates” to make public their political intention by instructing their parties to formally submit their names to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) as nominees for House seats.
Without that official notification to the poll body, Binay charged that Cabinet men could dodge the High Court prohibition and stay in office until March 26, the deadline for the submission of party-list nominees, and in the process use state resources in promoting their bids.
He also claimed the Comelec could explore means to compel the party-list groups to reveal their real nominees
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