grafted & corrupted ?

TC Says: This obviously is the Correct idea and much focus should go to properly 'Counting the Votes'.   See the 'Mafia' will come back and 'pay double' in order to simply corrupt the Man responsible for the vote Count (in their pee-brain mind), and then the People will not vote their conscience if they can't really Win . .  Reform should have been 'Enforced' in the USA over 20 years ago; back when the world had a chance to be saved from the fascist mafia.

TC
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Subsidy For Political Parties OK’d

By BEN R. ROSARIO

October 11, 2012, 8:24pm

 

MANILA, Philippines --- The House of Representatives has approved a bill granting state subsidy to national political parties and setting limits on voluntary contributions that they may receive from donors.

Voting 168 for and zero against, members of the Lower Chamber passed on third and final reading House Bill 6551, the Political Party Development Act of 2012, on Monday.
Cavite 4th District Representative Elpidio F. Barzaga Jr., chairman of the House Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms, said HB 6551 seeks to institutionalize and strengthen political parties in the country by introducing reforms in campaign financing.
Barzaga co-authored the bill with Reps. Rufus Rodriguez (PMP, Cagayan de Oro City); Juan Edgardo Angara (LDP, Quezon); and Raymond Democrito Mendoza (TUCP Party-list).
He said the bill will provide an effective and transparent mechanism to level the playing field among candidates and political parties participating in national and local elections.

The bill was approved in the past by the Lower House when it was first introduced by former Speaker Jose de Venecia.

Authors of the measure agree that the bill will effectively reduce opportunities for graft and corruption.     
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