Donation cap hurts poor candidates

Setting a cap on campaign contributions will deprive deserving candidates of worthy donors, lawmakers said Thursday.

Re-elected Reps. Teddy Baguilat of Ifugao, Sherwin Tugna of Citizen’s Battle Against Corruption and Carol Jayne Lopez of You Against Corruption made the comment in light of Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Christian Robert Lim’s disclosure that the poll body is considering on putting a cap on campaign contributions to stop candidates from using the polls to raise funding for their own consumption, and not really to win the election.