Comelec chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO/LYN RILLON
MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Thursday announced that it disallowed four more partylist groups from participating in the 2013 midterm elections.
Comelec chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr, in a press conference, released the list of disqualified party-list groups.
Brillantes said the poll body cancelled the accreditation of existing party-lists 1-UTAK, 1- st Kabagis, and Senior Citizen’s Party.
Comelec also denied the application of ALONA for next year’s party-list race, the poll chief said .
The Comelec has been undergoing a re-evaluation of old and new party-list groups as part of their efforts to cleanse the party-list system, which has been criticized as being dominated by bogus organizations or by groups whose nominees were either multimillionaires, former government officials or members of powerful political clans.