Party-list system of little value, Suthep says, lauds CDC chairman
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VETERAN politician Suthep Thaugsuban Monday took a dim view of the party-list system, saying most of its MPs were useless because they were not directly answerable to any electorate.
“Party-list MPs have only little benefit to the people. There may be some good ones who take care of the people, but there is only a small number of them,” the former secretary-general of the Democrat Party said.
However, if people think party-list MPs are necessary, it would be no problem for him, he said.
The current head of the People’s Democratic Reform Foundation also expressed support for a lifetime ban for any candidate found guilty of election fraud.
“These people betray the democratic system, so they don’t deserve to run in a democratic election for the rest of their life,” he said.
