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By Ralph Guzman The partylist system was a milestone for democracy in the Philippines, as it was intended to give marginalized and underrepresented sectors an opportunity to participate in crafting laws, as well as oversight.  While we have seen this for more than a decade, we have also seen the system’s many flaws and limitations.  [...]

Independent poll watchdog Kontra Daya recently published a list of nominees of 112 partylist groups running in the May 10, 2010 elections, asking the public to send information about the links of any of them to the government.