DPP moves to bar gangsters, ex-convicts from running for office

The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on Wednesday amended its internal rules governing the nomination of party candidates, barring members who have been charged with involvement in organized crime or other illegal activities, or disciplined after being named by law enforcement as gangsters, from running for public office or party posts.

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