Why Comelec should disqualify Akbayan

receiving end of the same complaints. To defend itself, Akbayan has changed its tune and said it is alright for Malacanang officials to run as party-list nominees as long as they represent the marginalized.

Last Wednesday, multi-sectoral groups led by Archbishop Oscar Cruz, Renato Reyes Jr. of Bayan and Fr. Joe Dizon of Kontra Daya filed the latest among the petitions calling on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to disqualify Akbayan Party-list.

This came a few weeks after youth group Anakbayan and Kilusang Mayo Uno filed a petition of their own calling for the disqualification of what was described as “Malacanang’s favorite party-list” from the 2013 polls.

The Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV), through its chairperson Henrieta De Villa, also called for the disqualification of Akbayan saying it is plain to see that the group is at the helm of the government and is no longer marginalized.

In their petition, the parties gave compelling legal arguments why the Comelec should disqualify Akbayan from the party-list race: first, Akbayan is a party in power and no longer marginalized and underrepresented; second, its nominees do not belong to the marginalized and underrepresented sectors that Akbayan claims to represent; and third, Akbayan enjoys government support and funding which gives it undue advantage oner other party-list groups.

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