The 1987 Constitution created the party-list system for underrepresented community sectors, including labor, peasant, urban poor, indigenous, women, youth, and other such groups as may be defined by law (except the religious sector). However, a 2013 Supreme Court decision clarified that the party-list is a system of proportional representation open…
Pick a party-list group, which will represent the marginalized. This was the reminder of the Council of Laity of the Philippines (Laiko) in a statement it issued recently. Its members earlier expressed their support for the Buhay Party-list, which has been espousing pro-life advocacies for nearly two decades. Laiko President…
On May 9, Filipino voters will vote for a new President and other national and local leaders from among the choices listed on the front page of the ballot they will cast; at the back of that ballot is a full page of party-list candidates from which voters may choose only one party.
The first party-
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On Monday, May 9, Filipino voters will elect a new president, vice president, 12 senators, a representative for their congressional district, a provincial governor, vice-governor, provincial board members, city or municipal mayor, vice-mayors and members of the city or municipal council.
Supreme Court (SC) The Supreme Court (SC) has reversed the ruling of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) as it allowed the registration and participation in the May 9, 2022 elections of the Igorot Warriors International, Inc. (IWI), a party-list composed of members of cultural minorities in th