The country’s cooperative movement has agreed to form a political party--1Co-op Party--and field senatorial bets in the 2016 elections.

The decision was reached recently after the cooperative movement realized it needs more political representation “for cooperatives to be more effective in fulfilling [their] mandate as instrument[s] of social justice and economic growth,” Rep. Cris Paez of Coop-Natcco party-list said.

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