Pro-democracy group Participate, a consortium of academicians and election stakeholders, on Monday called for banning political turncoatism a year before and a year after the elections.
Participate chief Julio Teehankee says,"32% of all members of the House post-EDSA have switched parties." File photo
“Thirty two percent of all members of the House post-EDSA [1986 People Power Revolution] have switched parties. We have the highest percentage of party switching not only in the Asia Pacific region but in the whole world. That is why political parties here are not policy-based, because it is so easy to switch parties,” Teehankee said.
Teehankee, however, said such proposed legislation will only be passed in Congress if the proposed Political Party Development will also include benefits, such as state subsidies, for political parties which will be strongly policy-based.
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