Tag Archive for 'Partylists'

By Alps Aguado Botong Isko 2010, University of the Philippines’ system-wide electronic mock elections, has finally concluded with Richard Gordon winning all three rounds of voting.  

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.  [...]