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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 9) The Commission on Elections said Monday it will remove 39 groups from the list of organizations that could run in the 2022 polls.
Comelec said it is legally authorized to cancel the registration of groups for either failing to participate or not obtaining at least 2% of votes cast under the party-list system in the last two preceding elections.
The commission said nine groups did not join the last two polls. They are the Advance Community Development in New Generation, 1-A Action Moral & Values Recovery Reform of the Phils., Inc, Una Ang Pamilya, Ang Galing Pinoy, Alagad Party-List, Alliance For Nationalism and Democracy, Kapatiran ng mga Nakulong na Walang Sala, Inc., Kalikasan Partylist, and Usa An Aton Nahigugma Nga Iroy Nga Tuna.
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The poll body cited the failure to obtain at least two percent of the votes cast for the party-list system, failure to obtain a seat in the second round of seat allocation for the party-list system in the last two preceding elections, and failure to participate in the last two-preceding elections as reasons.
The 30 groups being considered for cancellation after failing to obtain at least two percent of the votes cast for the party-list system and for failing to obtain a seat in the second round of seat allocation for the party-list system in the last two preceding elections are the following: