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Buhay tops party-list election
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THE RACE is on, for which of the “pro-life” and “pro-choice” groups will land on top of party-list winners for the 14th Congress.
Buhay Hayaan Yumabong (Buhay), a pro-life group, leads the race.
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Other pro-life and pro-family advocates in the Top 10 party-list groups are the Association of Philippine Electric Cooperatives (Apec), Advocacy for Teacher Empowerment Through Action, Cooperation and Harmony Towards Educational Reforms, Inc. (A-Teacher), and An-Waray. They are neck-in-neck with left-leaning party-list candidates that have a pro-population control agenda.
In the district congressional race, out of the 77 congressional candidates proclaimed winners by the Comelec, 31 supported anti-life and anti-family bills while 16 congressmen supported pro-life and pro-family legislation in the last Congress. The remaining 30 lawmakers have either undecided or inconsistent position or are neophytes.
Pro-life Philippines executive director Maria Wasan said that the battle against anti-life and anti-family legislation is heating up.
“We should become more vigilant by convincing newly elected congressmen on pro-life and pro-family causes and ask them to seek help from pro-life organizations and the Church,” she said.
UST Rector Fr. Ernesto Arceo, O.P. urged the new congressmen to craft laws respecting the value of human life.
“The 14th Congress should prioritize laws that have high opinion on human life and must secure these rights for the common good,” he said. “These newly-elected representatives should concentrate on crafting laws that would enable our country to progress and live in serenity.” Marc Laurenze C. Celis and Danielle Clara P. Dandan
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