Disqualify party-lists, not their reps

THERE’S no reason why congressmen elected for three successive terms should be disqualified from seeking a fourth term while party-list organizations aren’t subject to such limitations. Equity demands that party-lists that have won in three successive elections should no longer be allowed to contest a House slot in the next election.

The reason for the term limitation on congressmen is to give other persons the chance to hold an elective post. This is supposed to stop some legislators, no matter how good a public servant he may be or how competent he is in lawmaking, from having a stranglehold on the post.