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                    [Title] => Makabayan solons want partylist system law amended
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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.

[DatePublished] => 2014-02-05 15:40:24 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1262583 [AuthorName] => Dennis Carcamo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 927490 [Title] => SC: Party lists need not be marginalized [Summary] =>

 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.

[DatePublished] => 2013-04-06 01:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096875 [AuthorName] => Edu Punay [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img267/9137/gen7nor.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 927287 [Title] => SC: Party-list groups need not be 'marginalized' [Summary] =>

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.

[DatePublished] => 2012-12-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 858718 [Title] => Out of control [Summary] =>

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.

[DatePublished] => 2012-10-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133252 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1807094 [AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 854735 [Title] => Spirit of the law [Summary] =>

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

[DatePublished] => 2012-10-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133340 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804883 [AuthorName] => Jose C. Sison [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 824641 [Title] => EDITORIAL - One more reason to review partylist system [Summary] =>

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.

[DatePublished] => 2012-07-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 816235 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Time to scrap the partylist system [Summary] =>

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?

[DatePublished] => 2012-06-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 736882 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Abuse of a system [Summary] =>

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.

[DatePublished] => 2011-10-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/4558/startoonthumbh.gif ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 595604 [Title] => Gatecrashers [Summary] => You and I know that Mikey Arroyo is as far removed from being an ordinary security guard or driver as a goat is from scuba diving, at least as far as his nomination as representative of the partylist group Ang Galing Pinoy, which claims to represent that "marginalized sector. [DatePublished] => 2010-07-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136063 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1382205 [AuthorName] => Jerry Tundag [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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