MANILA, Philippines — The Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives is seeking an inquiry on the process of raffling the names of partylists to determine their placement in the ballots during national and local elections.
Under House Resolution No. 1931, the Makabayan Bloc explained that the so-called “raffle system” for partylists “has shifted the campaign from simply relying on the party’s name to campaigning for a specific number assigned to a particular party, which changes every election.”
“Instead of relying on their existing advocacies as an electoral campaign strategy, a Partylist now focuses instead on campaigning via its assigned number. As a result, the potential …
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