7/30/2019 Ateneo FactCheck 2013 Infographic: Party Development Bill

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Claim: Candidates who are not members of politicaldynasties are supportive of the party development bill.Fact Check

In the Philippines the term political parties is commonly associatedalbeit in a limited ashionto elections. While political

parties are allowed in the country, there has been no single Political Party Development Law that has been passed. The closest

would be the Party-list Act o 1998 which sought to promote the multiparty system in the country.

The uphill battle o a Political Party Development bill in Congress is the prevalence o the culture o political dynasties in the

country. Even though varied advocacies aiming at developing political parties have been made, emphasizing the necessity o

reorm, this has not overcome the patronage that dynasties create and deepen.

There are currently 13 candidates out o the

top 20 candidates who come rom known

political dynasties. O the 13, seven candidates

are supportive o a political party reorm or

development bill, namely:

AlanPeterCayetano

ChizEscudero

JunMagsaysay DickGordon

BamAquino

SonnyAngara

JackEnrile

Out o these seven candidates, only Sonny

Angara has the clear legislative track recordin pushing or a party development bill.

The six other candidates who come rom political

dynasties have no clear stand on the issue, or

inormation on their position could not be ound.

They areJVEjercito,NancyBinay,CynthiaVillar,JuanMiguelZubiri,ErnestoMaceda

and TingtingCojuawngco.

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Seven non-dynasty candidates in

the top 20 are all supportive o the

party development bill. They are

LorenLegarda,JambyMadrigal,

RisaHontiveros, KokoPimentel,

AntonioTrillanes,Gringo

Honasan, andGracePoe.

Only Loren

Legarda and Risa

Hontiveroshavethe legislative track

record in supporting

a Party Reorm or

Development

Only Loren Legardaand Risa Hontiveros,who are not members

of political dynasties,

would be the strongest

advocates for PartyDevelopment and

Reform bills.

A large majority (11 out o the top 20

candidates) may support the measure,

but will likely not actively push or it.

It is expected that these 11 will have

reservations to any version o the bill

passed, and will take the opportunity

to urther modiy or amend the bill tha

could imperil its passage. It is worth

noting that any orm o the bill will not

meet strong opposition, even among

the six ence-sitters on the issue.

Majority o the candidates who are in

avor o passing a bill or Political Party

Development think that more than

strengthening political parties it will

address primarily address the problem

o turncoatism or also known as party

switching. Some politicians may eel

that there is no incentive in remaining

in one and the same political party.

Hence, they easily switch political

parties during elections, in order to

improve their chances o winning.

Among the 20 candidates, seven out o

the 13 candidates rom dynasties are

switchers. Only two out o the seven

non-dynasty candidates are switchers,

with fve with no record o switching

parties ever.

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candidatesarefor

partylaw.