Debasing our democracy
Debasing our democracy
Ang Galing ng Pinoy Party-List Representative Mikey Arroyo who claims to represent security guards, tricycle drivers and the unemployed.
According to the Comelec, Arroyo authored only one bill on the welfare of security guards and the measure has languished in Congress due to either “sheer laziness” or a “glaring lack of empathy” for the plight of the truly marginalized.
By Joe Rivera
No matter all the previous misgivings about her appointment, Philippine Supreme Court Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno has got it right, at least this time.
Chief Justice Sereno dissented with the majority decision of the high court that the party-list system need not represent marginalized and underrepresented sectors.
Recall that under the 1987 Philippine Constitution, the party-list system was envisaged by the framers to be a “tool for social justice” that will allow the poor to have a voice in Congress by allotting 20 percent of the seats for the marginalized and underrepresented.
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