Return party-list seats to poor and powerless
Some progressive organizations have also abused the system by splitting into smaller groups; others formed factions due to power struggles to secure more seats.
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Political families exploit party-list system
By MIKHA FLORES WHEN the 16th Congress convenes next month, at least five political families will have two members sitting in the House of Representatives—one as a district representative and another as a party-list nominee. No thanks to how the party-list system has evolved, political clans have found another avenue to expand their turf, a
Party-lists bank on ‘bailiwicks’ to win seats
By MIKHA FLORES PARTY-LISTS are supposed to represent sectoral interests in Congress but when it comes to winning seats, there is nothing like strong regional support or an influential family name to fall back on. This was the case of many party-list winners in the 16th Congress, which banked on the regional and provincial bailiwicks
Comelec proclaims 14 party-lists
By MIKHA FLORES THE Commission on Elections proclaimed on Friday 14 winning party-lists that are assured of at least one seat in the 16th Congress after obtaining two percent of the total votes cast for all party-lists in the May 13 elections. The 14 party-lists are:
Who’s in, who’s out in party-list race?
By MIKHA FLORES AFTER starting with more than 300 names, party-lists allowed to run in the May 13 elections are now down to a little over a hundred. They will be vying for 58 seats in Congress. The Commission on Elections began with 352 party-lists—187 holdovers from the 2010 elections and 165 new entrants. The
Back to square one for party-list system
By MIKHA FLORES THE latest Supreme Court ruling on the party-list system has stirred up a maelstrom of controversy and revived debates over its real aim barely a month before the May 13 mid-term elections.
Comelec urged to appeal SC ruling on party-lists
Text by MIKHA FLORES Photos and video by VINCENT GO PROGRESSIVE party-lists have urged the Commission on Elections to ask the Supreme Court to reconsider its latest party-list decision which effectively opens the system to major political parties and non-marginalized groups. In a press statement, Makabayang Koalisyon ng Mamamayan (Makabayan) urged the Comelec to appeal
SC reverses old ruling in latest party-list decision
By MIKHA FLORES FOR the past 12 years, the Commission on Elections was guided by a Supreme Court decision describing the party-list system as a “social justice tool”. The system was designed not just to give more laws for the protection of marginalized groups but to enable them to become lawmakers themselves. But with the
Party-list groups get reprieve from SC
By MIKHA FLORES THE Supreme Court has ruled that party-list organizations do not necessarily have to represent marginalized and under-represented sectors, a decision that would give the 41 groups earlier disqualified by the Commission on Elections a fresh chance to qualify for the May 13 elections. In a decision penned by Senior Associate Justice Antonio
Metamorphosis: A celebration of Ladlad’s 8 years
By ARTHA KIRA PAREDES
IT was a night away from the” immoral” taunts, discrimination and homophobia that has haunted every gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender at least once.
