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 Makabayan bloc legislators have sought to amend the partylist system to ensure that the marginalized and underrepresented sectors of society get a seat in the House of Representatives.

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 The party-list system is not limited to marginalized groups, and the system must be opened even to regional and national political organizations regardless of size, the Supreme Court (SC) has ruled.

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The Supreme Court ordered the Commission on Elections on Friday to reevaluate the accreditation of 41 of the 54 party-list groups it disqualified from the May elections.

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Poll watchdogs Consortium on Electoral Reforms (CER) and Kontra Daya yesterday questioned how the Commission on Elections (Comelec) decided on the fates of the party-list organizations seeking to run in the 2013 elections.

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It’s dagdag-bawas, circa 2012: the Commission on Elections (Comelec) disqualifies four party-list organizations (as it should have done a long time ago) for not representing any marginalized sector.

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The spirit and purpose rather than the letter of the law should be given more importance in its implementation.

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Rep. Arnel Ty, one of the authors of House Bill 5312, which seeks a P400 million funding from government to jumpstart a new HIV/AIDS prevention and control program, is asking sexually active Filipino sailors to undergo tests for the disease.

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When will the government finally act to scrap the partylist system, which has become the single biggest electoral farce in the history of the Philippines?

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The party-list system has become a travesty, with groups that are anything but marginalized fielding front organizations, and nominees who have never been part of the groups they are supposed to represent winning seats in Congress.

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 The party-list system is not limited to marginalized groups, and the system must be opened even to regional and national political organizations regardless of size, the Supreme Court (SC) has ruled.

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The Supreme Court ordered the Commission on Elections on Friday to reevaluate the accreditation of 41 of the 54 party-list groups it disqualified from the May elections.

[DatePublished] => 2013-04-05 17:01:39 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1212169 [AuthorName] => Camille Diola [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/6997/supremecourtcomelec.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 877691 [Title] => Poll watchdogs question Comelec’s decision on party-list groups [Summary] =>

Poll watchdogs Consortium on Electoral Reforms (CER) and Kontra Daya yesterday questioned how the Commission on Elections (Comelec) decided on the fates of the party-list organizations seeking to run in the 2013 elections.

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It’s dagdag-bawas, circa 2012: the Commission on Elections (Comelec) disqualifies four party-list organizations (as it should have done a long time ago) for not representing any marginalized sector.

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The spirit and purpose rather than the letter of the law should be given more importance in its implementation.

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Rep. Arnel Ty, one of the authors of House Bill 5312, which seeks a P400 million funding from government to jumpstart a new HIV/AIDS prevention and control program, is asking sexually active Filipino sailors to undergo tests for the disease.

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When will the government finally act to scrap the partylist system, which has become the single biggest electoral farce in the history of the Philippines?

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The party-list system has become a travesty, with groups that are anything but marginalized fielding front organizations, and nominees who have never been part of the groups they are supposed to represent winning seats in Congress.

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