The OFW votes and the party-list system | Atty. Dennis Gorecho

The votes of the overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), both land-based and sea-based, are now being courted by groups aiming to have political seats through the party-list representation. Around 173 groups will vie for 59 seats allotted for the party-list in the House of Representatives— trimmed from the 273 organizations that sought to…

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