Kabataan Partylist

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Hundreds of toga-wearing supporters held a “graduation march” Tuesday in front of the Commission on Elections main office in Intramuros, Manila to support the filing of candidacies of nominees of the Kabataan party-list group.

Kabataan president Raymond Palatino, Kabataan Metro Manila chairman Enrico Almonguerra and Angela Colmenares were accompanied by some 300 hundred toga-wearing young people at the COMELEC.

“With its new brand of politics – politics of hope, struggle and change - Kabataan Partylist seeks to usher in a new era for Philippine politics, away from the kind of leadership that traditional politicians and dynasties have for the longest time instilled in government,” Palatino said in a statement.

He said the “graduation march” marks the end of old politics and gives way for “a new type of leadership for the country.”

“In this time of corrupt governance and political instability, the nation needs young, vibrant and innovative minds that will restore integrity and morality in governance and lead the nation to genuine progress and social change,” he added.

He said that if he wins in the midterm election, it will be the first time for the youth to have its own sectoral representative in Congress.

He said the last time the legislature had representatives from a youth political party was when Wenceslao Vinzons and Arturo Tolentino from the Young Philippines Movement won seats in the Philippine Assembly.

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