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

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

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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