POLITICAL LAW REVIEWER FOR THE 2031 BAR EXAMS - ELECTION LAWS -SECTORAL AND WELL AS NON-SECTORAL PARTIES. Indisputably, the framers of the 1987 Constitution intended the party-listsystem to include not only sectoral parties but also non-sectoral parties. The framers intended the sectoral parties to constitute a part, but not the entirety, of the party-list system. As explained by Commissioner Wilfredo Villacorta, political parties can participate in the party-list system “[F]or as long as they field candidates who come from the different marginalized sectors that we shall designate in this Constitution.”53 Thus, in the end, the proposal to give permanent reserved seats to certain sectors was outvoted. Instead, the reservation of seats to sectoral representatives was only allowed for the first three consecutive terms.55 There can be no doubt whatsoever that the framers of the 1987 Constitution expressly rejected the proposal to make the party-list system exclusively for sectoral parties only, and that they clearly intended the party-list system to include both sectoral and non-sectoral parties. The common denominator between sectoral and non-sectoral parties is that they cannot expect to win in legislative district elections but they can garner, in nationwide elections, at least the same number of votes that winning candidates can garner in legislative district elections. The party-list system will be the entry point to membership in the House of Representatives for both these non-traditional parties that could not compete in legislative district elections. THREE DIFFERENT GROUPS: (1) NATIONAL PARTIES OR ORGANIZATIONS; (2) REGIONAL PARTIES OR ORGANIZATIONS; AND (3) SECTORAL PARTIES OR ORGANIZATIONS. Thus, the party-list system is composed of three different groups: (1) national parties or organizations; (2) regional parties or organizations; and (3) sectoral parties or organizations. National and regional parties or organizations are different from sectoral parties or organizations. National and regional parties or organizations need not be organized along sectoral lines and need not represent any particular sector.(2013 TACORDA BIDO BERNABE & DE LA VEGA FILES/NOTES 6748 elections)
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