Vico Sotto pushes stronger party system to end ‘personality-based' politics
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- 04 Nov 2022
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Following his resignation from Aksyon Demokratiko, Pasig Mayor Vico Sotto called for a stronger political party system that would help end “personality-based” politics in the country.
“Sa ngayon, independent ako (For now, I’m independent),” Sotto said in an interview with ABS-CBN on Thursday, November 3. “Mayroon [nag-aalok]. Pero hindi ako interesado (There are offers. But I’m not interested).”
Sotto’s reason? “I’m an advocate of stronger political parties and [a] stronger political party system in the Philippines,” he said.
“I will not join a political party just for the sake of my political gain…. But the only reason I might join a political party is if I really believe in the party principles, the party’s ideology, and in how the party is being run,” said Sotto.
The Pasig mayor added that it was “no secret” that the political party system in the Philippines is weak. He also called on lawmakers to file political party reform bills.
“‘Yun talaga ang kailangan natin sa Pilipinas eh. We need stronger political parties para hindi na nagiging personality-based na ang pulitika sa Pilipinas,” he said.
(That’s what we really need in the Philippines. We need stronger political parties so that politics no longer becomes personality-based.)
Sotto also said he has no plan of putting up his own political party.
In a letter dated June 30, Sotto filed his resignation from Aksyon, saying that he believed the party was “no longer a group of individuals with similar political goals and ideals.” Read More…
