Senator Robin Padilla supports abolishing the party-list system if the time comes to amend the Charter’s political provisions through a constitutional convention.
Padilla, who chairs the Senate Committee on Constitutional Amendments and Revision of Codes, also vowed to strengthen the party system to end the cycle of people voting for candidates on the basis of popularity and wealth.
“Kung mapupunta tayo sa Con-Con, yan dapat una nating gibain. Dahil ang party-list system ay, my goodness gracious, di ko na makita, mula magdesisyon ang ating Korte Suprema na payagan na pati mga mayayaman, nawala na po ng anghang at sustansya. E dapat po ‘yan e mga sektor na di naririnig. E ngayon ewan ko, sa totoo lang po,” the legislator said in an interview on DZBB radio.
“Ang kinatawan (sa sistemang ito), naging katawa-tawa.”
“Ang kinatawan (sa sistemang ito), naging katawa-tawa,” the lawmaker added.
The senator likewise batted for the strengthening of the party system so people would vote for candidates based on their party advocacy, instead of on the basis of popularity or wealth.
“Kung gusto natin mabago talaga ang pulitika sa Pilipinas, palakasin natin ang party system.”
“Sa totoo lang, kung gusto natin mabago talaga ang pulitika sa Pilipinas, palakasin natin ang party system. Tigilan na po natin ang kaboboto dahil sikat at dahil ito may pera. Alam nyo kung nabago natin ang Constitution at mapalakas natin ang partido ang iboboto nyo na po ang adhikain ng partido, di na yung sikat,” he stressed.
Padilla said he is not opposed to amending the Charter’s political provisions through a constitutional convention, though he maintains amending the economic provisions of the Constitution through a constituent assembly should take priority.
