Options

Given the constriction of space for progressive party-list groups in the electoral and parliamentary arena, what options are at hand at this point?

“The option for now is for progressive party-list groups to assert this space, to assert our right to this space” Casiño said. “If we don’t assert it, the government would find it easier to push us out of this arena.”

The shutting down of the space for progressives in the electoral and parliamentary arena, he said, would give justification to other options. “During martial law, all space for opposition disappeared, and there were many who went underground to pursue their efforts to effect change,” he said. (Bulatlat.com)

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