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Arroyo files bill penalizing political turncoatism

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RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News

<p>MANILA - Former President and now Senior Deputy Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has filed a bill penalizing political turncoatism.</p><p>Arroyo&#x27;s proposed &quot;The Political Party Development Act of 2022&quot; will apply to political parties duly registered with and certified to as such by the Commission on Elections.</p><p>It seeks to institutionalize political parties, and prescribes procedures for the registration of these parties before the Comelec.</p><p>Political parties are mandated to craft a clear policy agenda and program of governance consistent with party philosophy and ideals, according to the bill.</p><p>It defines political turncoatism as the change of political party affiliation by a party member a period of one year before or after any national elections. Any party member may legitimately change party affiliation only on the second year of a three year term, the proposed measure said.</p><p>Political turncoatism, however, will not apply in cases of abolition, merger or coalition of political parties where a candidate is a registered member, or in case of expulsion of the elected official in writing from one&#x27;s political party provided that the cause does not cause political opportunism.</p><p>Political Opportunism, under the bill, refers to any act of a party member constituting disloyalty to the party or regular non-adherence to the party&#x27;s ideological principles, platform and programs.</p><p>Political turncoats will be deemed to have forfeited their elective office if they change their political party affiliation one (l) year before and one (1) year after any national elections. </p><p>The bill proposes to impose the following penalties on persons found to have committed this violation:</p><p>(a) disqualification from running for any elective position in the next succeeding election immediately following the act of changing political party affiliation;<br/>(b) disqualification from being appointed or from holding any position in any public or government office for three (3) years after the expiration of the current term/office;<br/>(c)disqualification from assuming any executive or administrative position in the new political party; and,<br/>(d) refund of any and all amounts received from one&#x27;s former political party, plus twenty-five percent (25%) surcharge thereon.</p><p>Any citizen of voting age or any candidate, political party, aggrupation or coalition thereof may file with the Commission, upon the filing of the certificate of candidacy and before proclamation, a petition to disqualify a candidate on the ground of political turncoatism as defined in the bill.</p><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVE</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2156060" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

Former President and now Senior Deputy Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has filed a bill penalizing political turncoatism.

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Arroyo files bill penalizing political turncoatism

RG Cruz,

ABS-CBN News

Published Aug 03, 2022 09:30 PM PHT

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