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It seems to be the logical move.
“A campaign to divide the lone congressional district of Pasig City into three is underway. Proponents recently asked Pasig Rep. Roman Romulo to sponsor a bill creating two more districts, saying the move would allow better representation and a bigger share of public funds for the city of about 750,000,” reports Jovic Yee in Philippine Daily Inquirer.
The report noted: “In the petition, a group composed of around 50 Pasig residents representing the business, academic, and professional sectors anchored their clamor on a Constitutional provision stating that a city or province with a population of 250,000 shall be entitled to a congressional seat. However, Pasig has remained a lone district despite projections by the Philippine Statistics Authority that its population could reach 771,188 this year.”
The group is saying that Pasig’s “underrepresentation” in Congress has long deprived it of much-needed public funds befitting a highly urbanized city.
