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HOTSPOT In an ideal world, the partylist system would attract outstanding leaders from mass movements, civil society, non-government organizations, cause-oriented groups and parties of the poor and the marginalized. But we don’t live in an ideal world. The traditional politicians, political dyna

President Rodrigo Duterte called for the abolition of the party-list system under the next administration, saying the mechanism is being used by leftists to deceive and destroy the government.

President Rodrigo Duterte(Presidential Photo) MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte has encouraged the country's next leader to make an initiative to amend the 1987 Constitution as soon as he assumes the presidency on June 30. He made the call as he reiterated the need to make changes in the country's charter, be it a shift into a federal form of government or not. Duterte, in a prerecorded Talk to the People delivered Wednesday night but aired Thursday morning, said there is "really a...

President Duterte called for the abolition of the party-list system under the next administration, saying the mechanism is being used by leftists to deceive and destroy the government.

Fabricated vote tallies and fake reports of candidate disqualifications were among false claims that spread online days before and during the May 9 elections, according to a report of collaborative fact-checking initiative Tsek.ph.

Rep. Arlene Brosas (Gabriela party-list) said "the Comelec must take action on this because the names of its commissioners as well as its seal were used to fool people."

The Commission on Elections on Sunday refuted reports that a resolution was released disqualifying the Makabayan bloc and Bayan Muna chairperson and senatorial bet Neri Colmenares from Eleksyon 2022.

Parties and candidates of the Makabayan bloc have not been disqualified from the 2022 national elections despite claims made by a fake document; members of the bloc have even described the disinformation as a “desperate act by anti-democratic and fascists minions of NTF-ELCAC (National Task Force to

Makabayan bloc points to the anti-communist task force as the culprit behind the spread of fake information.

The Commission on Elections continues to debunk fake news on social media that spread disinformation on national and local elections.