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The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will ask the consultative committee, headed by retired Chief Justice Reynato Puno, to consider putting a gender quota on candidates to be fielded by political parties.<\/p>\n

Commissioner Rowena Guanzon, the poll body\u2019s gender and development committee chair, said this would ensure gender equality in government.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope that the constitutional amendments committee will add gender quota in the Constitution, as in some countries,\u201d Guanzon said in her Twitter account, @commrguanzon.<\/p>\n

Under her proposal, parties will be mandated to field a particular ratio of women candidates during polls. \u2014Tina G. Santos<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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