In the opening salvo of the 2013 national elections, Kabataan Partylist (KPL) calls on the youth to “level up” participation in the upcoming polls.

Kabataan Party-list, along with the Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives, signed the impeachment case against Chief Justice Renato Corona on the principle of holding accountable Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and her cohorts for their crimes against the people. Corona was instrumental in Arroyo’s perpetuation of a social system that served the interest of the few and caused tremendous suffering for the many. It is on this principle that we call and push for Corona’s impeachment.
That President Benigno Aquino III and his administration play a role in the Corona impeachment adds …

ON “GHOST” BUDGET CUTS
We allocated P23.4 billion to 112 State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) in 2011. This is 1.7 percent lower than the P23.8 billion budget for 2010. We are gradually reducing the subsidy to SUCs to push them toward becoming self-sufficient and financially independent, given their ability to raise their income and to utilize it for their programs and projects.
– Pres. Noynoy Aquino in his Budget message (August 24, 2010)
President Aquino said it himself. Before we challenged the budget cuts, he proclaimed the truth about the government’s real …

ANG PROPOSED 2011 BUDGET NG ADMINISTRASYONG AQUINO
Para sa taong 2011, ang panukalang budget ng administrasyon ni Pangulong Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III ay umaabot sa halagang mahigit P1.6 trilyon. Ayon sa kanya, ang panukalang budget para sa 2011 ay nakatuon sa “reform” at sa kanyang pangakong “matuwid na daan.” Aniya, ang budget ng kanyang administrasyon ay may pagkiling para sa mga mahihirap.
Ngunit, kung susuriin nang mabuti, ipinagpapatuloy lamang ng 2011 Budget ang pangkabuuang polisiya ng nakaraang mga administrasyon, ang polisiya ng sistematikong pagbabawas-gastos sa mga serbisyong panlipunan sa ngalan ng pagtitipid …

5 punto kung bakit dapat natin dapat tutulan ang Charter change ni Arroyo.