Proposed Political Party Act, are you in favor or not?

[cdburgh]

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House OKs bill giving teeth to political parties

08/29/2008 | 03:05 AM

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MANILA, Philippines - The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading Wednesday evening a bill which seeks to strengthen the political party system through state subsidy.

The proposed Political Party Act will fund the travel expenses of candidates during campaigns, salaries of staff, expenses for the maintenance of party headquarters, campaign flyer and other propaganda materials.

Of the subsidy, 5% will go to the Commission on Elections for monitoring and conduct of information dissemination, 45% to political parties in the Senate, and 50% to political parties in the House.

Funds releases during non-election years will be exclusively for party development. During an election period, 75% of funds will be for campaigning and 25% for party development.

Sorsogon Rep. Salvador H. Escudero III (1st district) of the United Opposition said they will move for reconsideration of the bill’s approval on Monday. "There has been an earlier agreement between the majority and the minority that the bill will not be acted upon. We are questioning its approval ever since it was passed on second reading without undergoing debates," he told BusinessWorld.

Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Teodoro A. Casiño, Jr. said in a statement the bill "will only add another burden to ordinary taxpayers."

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[worldwide]

hayahaya nila ah, ang mga tawo na sad ilang pabayron. Naglisod naman gani ta, palibre pa gyud sila na puerte na daghana ilang kwarta.

[tingkoy13]

nabuang na cguro na sila!!! mga abnormal jud ning politiko sa ato oi, maihap rai dli.....

[ricponsib]

naunsa naman taon mo?!!! inyo man gipun.an ang burden sa mga taxpayer...

[james_chaw]

This is merely another attempt to "legitimize" the siphoning of Gov't. funds into the pocket of Politicians. Travel expense? kujawa! mag.cge na na sila travel via first class. Development of the party? you mean pa-butangan ug split type aircon ug 50" LCD tv ang ila "HQ"? puh-leeze! spare me all your sanctimonious BS in service of the nation. why don't you ppl approve a bill on overhauling the senate all the way down to the last Barangay Tanod. if all of them are by the book, then all of its constituents will follow suit. it's that freakin' simple.

[worldwide]

mga self-serving gyud ni ang mga politician diri sa pinas. sobra pa sa mga freeloader, galisod na gani mga taxpayer, gusto pa gyud ang public mobayad sa ilang kabuang.

[-shinobi-]

ah grabe binuang naman tawn ni oi. kuyawa gud. ka swerte gud ani nila. bulsyit ba ani. mga politico polos kaugalingon ra jud ang gihuna2.

[baby_grace]

Ang alam ko si Joe De Venecia ang author ng bill na iyan. Naisip niya siguro dahil baka may plano siyang jumoin ba sa isang malaking partido pero ayaw niyang maglabas ng sariling campaign funds. Hindi ba katawa-tawa ang proposal na iyan. Sayang lang ang pondo na magagamit sa mas importanteng proyekto ng pamahalaan kaysa sa pagpondo sa mga partido politikal.

Ito rin ay violative sa equal protection clause dahil kung ang popondohan ay ang "major" political parties lang paano naman iyong mga maliliit na partido at mga independent? Ito ang mga underdogs kung minsan. The elections is supposed to be free and open.

[jash_ville]

naa say lain na thread ana gibuhat...
pero mas una lang ni na thread.

https://www.istorya.net/forums/politi...liticians.html

[worldwide]

Laliman ka, taxpayers pabayron sa mga expenses sa mga politicians. Kung ingon ana, magpolitiko na lang ta tanan para ma-subsidized pod ta. Ang mga pobre intawon gitagaan lang gani gamay, taliksik ra gyud kung hunahunaon pero kining mga politicians naniguro gyud.