ANAD wants review of party-list law
BAYBAY CITY, Letye, Philippines — The recent Supreme Court ruling that changed Comelec’s parameters in accrediting party-lists has “created more gray areas in the party-list law, and the next Congress must revisit this law,†according to Rep. Jun Alcover of the Alliance for Nationalism and Democracy (ANAD).
Alcover, who attended the UNA proclamation rally in Baybay City last Monday endorsing mayoral bet Malot Veloso Galenzoga and her slate, said the SC ruling has opened the system even to non-marginalized groups. “It’s now a free-for-all,†he said.
If elected to the House, Alcover said he would move for a review of the law to make the party-list system more fitting to its purpose.
ANAD was one of those disqualified by the Comelec but was later granted an ante status quo by the SC to allow it to run in the May 13 elections.
ANAD is a multi-sector group, some members of which are rebel returnees and victims of atrocities by the CPP-NPA. “We are representing marginalized groups, and foremost in our advocacies is exposing the evils of communism and communists in the country,†said Alcover.
For the May 13 polls, ANAD is targetting to get at least two million votes to earn three seats in the House to push better its fight against insurgency that only stalls progress in the country, he said.
Besides Alcover, now the lone ANAD representative in Congress, the two other party-list’s nominees are Baltaire Balangauan and Pete Salva. (FREEMAN)
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