MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will delist 39 party-list organizations for the upcoming national elections for failing to participate or receive enough votes in the last two preceding elections.
The removal of the said party-list organizations is pursuant to Section two, Rule three of Resolution 9366, in relation to RA 7941 or the Party-List System Act, according to Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez on Monday.
Under the Party-List System Act, Comelec is authorized to remove or cancel the registration of any party-list group, organization, or coalition for failing to participate in the last two preceding elections, or failing to obtain at least 2 percent of votes cast under the party-list system in the last two preceding elections for the constituency it was registered.
Among the party-lists groups that failed to participate in the last two elections were ADING, 1-AAMOVER, ANG PAMILYA, AG, ALAGAD, ANAD, KAKUSA, KALIKASAN party-list, and 1-AANI.
ADING, ATING KOOP, AVE, ABAKADA, BANAT, ABAMIN, APPEND, ANG NARS, TAO MUNA, AKO AN BISAYA, ANUPA, CONSLA, ASEAN, AMEPA OFW, FICTAP, GLOBAL, KMM, METRO, PM, SAMAKO, SINAG, ITO ANG TAMA, TINDERONG PINOY, TRICAP, UNIDO, ALL-FISH, AWAKE, KAMAIS, PBB, and 1-AHAPO were the party-list that failed to obtain at least two percent of the votes for the party-list elections and failed to obtain a seat in the second round of seat allocation for the party-list system in the last two elections.
The essence of the Party-List System Act is to provide proportional representation in the election of representatives in the House of Representatives.
It also aims to enable Filipino citizens belonging to the marginalized and underrepresented sectors, organizations, and parties, and who lack well-defined political constituencies to be part of the House./PN
