Election watchdog calls for disqualification of partylist groups run by rich and powerful

News Philippines Aug 24, 2012 at 1:49 pm

By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Bulatlat.com

MANILA — The election watchdog Kontra-Daya and the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) have filed a petition with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) calling for the immediate and final disqualification of a number of party-list groups, among them groups led by relatives of President Benigno Aquino III and those of former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

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