I was so busy this whole week for the national workshop of young people for peace and human rights.
It was only yesterday that I was able to read in passing the reports on Ma. Lourdes Arroyo’s election as Partylist representative. She is supposed to represent the entrepreneur sector like the balut vendors and other informal labors. The question is, does she even eats balot? Another Arroyo in Congress and it really sucks.
The PGMA Administration denied during the 2007 elections that they are manipulating the partylist elections.And what does the election of another Arroyo speaks of? A mere coincidence? I don’t think so.
While I have already expressed my disgust for (dis) Honorable Representative Jovito Palparan’s election as partylist representative, I am glad that the progressive bloc will campaign to disbar him from Congress.
The partylist system is supposed to provide opportunity for marginalized sectors as a means for participatory governance. Now, is Maria Lourdes Arroyo marginalized? Is a human rights violator marginalized? Again, I don’t think so.
So, do I still need to explain why the partylist system is bastardized?
