Sinegundahan ng Partylist Watch ang hakbang ng Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) na ipawalang-bisa sa Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ang rehistro ng 4Ps (Pagtibayin at Palaguin ang Pangkabuhayang Pilipino Partylist.
Ikinatuwiran ng DSWD, mali na gamitin ang popular na conditional cash transfer program na Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program o 4Ps.
Ayon sa Partylist Watch maituturing na ‘credit grabbing’ ang motibo ng 4Ps partylist.
“The group wants to attract votes of the millions of 4Ps beneficiaries but they have zero track record in championing the program or the poor who benefit from the program,” sabi ni Veronical Alporha, co-convenor ng Partylist Watch.
Sabi pa nito, pasok sa kanilang ‘fake partylist detector’ ang 4Ps Partylist.“This group has multiple characteristics of a fake partylist. Aside from having no experience in championing the interests of the poor it has links to personalities implicated in corruption in the past. Its first nominee Marcelino Libanan was accused of violating the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act in connection with the fertilizer fund scam,” sabi pa ni Alporha.
Iniuugnay ang naturang partylist sa Abalos political dynasty, na ang isa sa mga miyembro ay si dating MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos, na campaign manager ni presidential aspirant Bongbong Marcos.