After passing on third reading, a public subsidy bill is being reconsidered by the Philippine legislature, apparently after protests that it was not scheduled (or there was no quorum) for the vote.
The bill penalizes politicians who constantly change political parties by disqualifying them from office. It also effectively creates a state subsidy fund that will finance the […]

GMA News reports on ongoing efforts to enact public funding for parties in the Philippines:  
An international lawmakers’ group endorsed Saturday a Philippine proposal for state subsidy for political parties in a bid to reduce political corruption and bribery among political parties and their candidates.
…De Venecia’s state financing bill was approved at the Lower House […]

Jose C. Sison at the Philippine Star and ABS-CBN writes that the party-list tier to the Philippines’ lower chamber of congress is not functioning as it should. To paraphrase, he says there are two problems: first, because relative to winning a seat in the single-member district tier it is a cheaper way to get elected, it […]

ABS-CBN news reports that the House will consider a delayed campaign finance bill starting monday and that it considers the bill a priority. If it were to pass soon, it would regulate the midterm elections in May.
The bill bans and penalizes turncoatism or the practice of changing political parties, and proposes the creation of a P500-million […]