From Rappler (Nov 16): Comelec allows Piston, 12 others to join polls
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Friday, November 16, said it has allowed militant transport group Pinagkaisang Samahan ng Tsuper at Operator Nationwide (Piston) to participate in the 2013 party list race. The Comelec unanimously voted to approve Piston's application, Comelec Chair Sixto Brillantes Jr told reporters in an interview. "Unanimous kasi puro drivers ito," Brillantes explained. (It's unanimous because it's totally composed of drivers.) Brillantes said like Piston, two other applicants got Comelec's unanimous nod: Aagapay sa Matatanda and Aasenso. He said Comelec granted the application of 10 more groups, but declined to name these groups because the ruling was "divided." In a separate interview, Comelec Commissioner Rene Sarmiento said the Comelec approved the three groups' application because they belong to the sectors they represent. Their sectors are also among the marginalized sectors enumerated in the Party-List Law, Sarmiento said. "Marginalization doesn't necessarily mean purely economic," he explained....
http://www.rappler.com/nation/politics/elections-2013/16253-comelec-allows-piston-to-join-2013-polls-no-akbayan-ruling-yet
Pinagkaisang Samahan ng Tsuper at Operator Nationwide (PISTON--United Organization of Drivers and Transport Operators Nationwide) is a CPP front active in the transportation sector. Appears that the commies are attempting to have as many sectoral front groups as possible accepted as party-list political parties while at the same time eliminating competing party-list organizations.
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