Backdoor politics
At no point in the history of Philippine politics when more than a thousand party-list groups had scrambled themselves to beat the deadline for the filing of the certificates of candidacy (COCs) at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) offices. It is not surprising at all why some cause-oriented groups noticed this development from the sidelines. And they came out with the figure and negative comments, criticizing the mushrooming of the party-list groups in the country. What is funny is that many of those nominees for the party-list groups do not belong to the category which they are supposed to represent. Instead, they are mere dummies of the organizations they wish to represent. Kontra Daya leader Fr. Joe Dizon said in a broadcast interview that at least 60 percent of those who represent the party-list groups in Congress are wealthy. In fact, he was wondering why these people are in Congress right now. Rep. Mikey Arroyo Why did this happen? The answers to this quest