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Batasan Pambansa. (File photo) MANILA - The party-list system should not be abused as "gateways" by the rich and powerful to occupy seats in government, nor as "legal fronts" by communist rebels, a lawmaker on Friday said. In an interview, Ang Probinsyano Party-List Representative Alfred delos Santos said party-list groups should genuinely represent the interest of marginalized sectors, as intended under the 1987 Constitution. "The party-list system should not be used as...

Deputy Speaker Bernadette Herrera (File photo) MANILA - A leader of the House of Representatives on Thursday stressed the need to amend the party-list system to ensure that its purpose of giving greater representation to the marginalized and disadvantaged is achieved. In a media forum, Deputy Speaker Bernadette Herrera said the term "marginalized" should be properly defined to make sure that the marginalized sectors or groups, including labor, peasant, urban poor, indigenous cultural c...

That is millions and millions of people. in return for the outcome of voters would get nothing. no border wall, no reduction in overall immigration rates, the defunding of sanctuary cities, no abolition of chain migration, which is indefensible. wages will stay low because it turns out, supply and demand is real. if you have an overabundance of something, including labor, its value falls. politically, more states will go away of california. what exactly is the point of this? republican congressm...