The party-list system was instituted in the Philippines to provide legislative representation for marginalized groups. But a 2013 SC ruling that overturned that idea opened the floodgates for interest groups such as public-works contractors, who are now embroiled in a massive corruption scandal in the Philippines.
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Links to background stories on the party-list ruling:
SC shakes up party list in new verdict
Supreme Court rules party-list not only for marginalized | Inquirer News
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Check out PCIJ’s report on the contractors, politicians and party-list groups now implicated in massive public works corruption:
Five Reveals from the Flood-Control Data - PCIJ.org
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