Rowena Guanzon, Rodante Marcoleta, and Bryan Revilla are poised to join the 19th Congress. One poll observer group says this trend of post-deadline, post-election party-list substitutions further abuses the system.
, Malasakit Movement, from participating in the 2022 party-list election.
“It’s not as simple as the rules have stated. For [voluntary] withdrawal, we have a period. The one which does not have a period beyond November 15 [is withdrawal] due to death or incapacity. In both instances, there will be determination of validity and just cause. This will be the subject of a hearing, to see if there is a valid ground to grant the substitution,” Laudiangco had said in general terms.
“This would make it harder for election watchdogs like us to study the nature and orientation of all party-list groups as they can keep their real nominees under wraps. For example, groups identified with political clans and big businesses can be hidden by putting seemingly ‘harmless’ nominees during the campaign period as the familiar surnames will emerge only when their groups win,” he added.
Lente floated the possibility of stringent requirements for party-list nominees to protect the system from further hijacking. “The Comelec should disclose to the public all winning party-list groups that filed for withdrawals and substitutions. The public deserves to know if there are more than three that have done so,” he said.
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