The Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG) criticizes the dominance of political dynasties, retired officials, and wealthy businessmen in the Philippine party-list system, originally intended for marginalized groups. CenPEG urges civil society, grassroots organizations, and citizens to fight for the restoration of the system's original purpose to ensure representation for the marginalized in Philippine governance.
THE Center for People Empowerment in Governance has condemned the blatant manipulation of the party-list system, where political dynasties, retired government officials, and wealthy businessmen now control party-list seats meant for the marginalized.
The group said that continued distortion of the party-list system by political dynasties and business elites erodes democracy, weakens genuine sectoral representation, and entrenches elite rule. This practice, it added, distorts the essence of proportional representation and deprives legitimate sectoral groups of their rightful voice in policymaking. Instead of championing the interests of the poor, many party-list groups now act as mere extensions of ruling elites.1. Strict enforcement of the party-list law’s original mandate. Only organizations that genuinely represent marginalized and underrepresented sectors should be allowed to run.
DEMOCRACY PARTY-LIST SYSTEM POLITICAL DYNAMICS MARGINALIZED GROUPS GOVERNANCE REFORMS
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