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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 a gateway of those aspiring seats in Congress, nor should it be used by people allegedly serving as legal fronts of communist rebels seeking to overthrow the government," he said. He emphasized that party-list groups play an important role in the country's political system because they are the "voice" of the marginalized and underrepresented. "We are aware of reports that there are doubts on some party-list groups but from our end, I can very well say that we are among t ....

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