Party list group Akbayan has formalized its bid to return to the House of Representatives after filing its certificate of nomination and acceptance for the party-list race in the 2022 national elections. | GabrielLaluINQ
Former youth commissioner and the party’s first nominee Percival Cendena led the filing of Akbayan’s CONA before the Commission on Elections on Wednesday. He was accompanied by one of Akbayan’s longtime members, Senator Risa Hontiveros.
“Magbabalik po at nagbabalik tayo sa Kongreso para bawiin ang party-list. Sa mahabang panahon nakita natin ang bastardization ng party-list system, kung saan pumapasok na dito ang malalaking mga businesses, ang mga traditional politicians, ang mga political clans na hindi dala ‘yong tunay at orihinal na ispirito ng party-list,” he said.
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