Comelec to proclaim party-list reps Friday
By Anna Valmero
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 17:47:00 04/23/2009
Filed Under: Politics, Elections, Congress
MANILA, Philippines—The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will proclaim the additional party-list representatives Friday, officials said Thursday.
Comelec Commissioner Leonardo Leonida and Commissioner Armando Velasco, quoting the Commission en banc decision after meeting with some of the new party list reps Thursday afternoon, [...]
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Palparan, party-list reps await proclamation
By Anna Valmero
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 17:04:00 04/23/2009
Filed Under: Politics, Congress, Elections
MANILA, Philippines–Retired Army Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan Jr. along with new party-list representatives inquired about the process of their proclamation with the Commission on Elections Thursday.
On Tuesday, Supreme Court decided to void the 2-percent threshold previously used to determine which party-list [...]
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Comelec asks SC to explain party list system
No proclamation of new 32 party list reps
By Anna Valmero
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 11:21:00 04/23/2009
Filed Under: Laws, Politics, Elections
MANILA, Philippines—(UPDATE) The poll body has asked the Supreme Court to clarify how it computed the ranking and percentage of votes garnered by party lists in the May 2007 elections, Commission on [...]
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No proclamation of new 32 party list reps
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 11:21:00 04/23/2009
Filed Under: Elections, Politics, Laws
MANILA, Philippines–The Commission on Elections did not proclaim any of the 32 additional party-list representatives Thursday.
Comelec Chairman Jose Melo said it is sending a technical working group headed by Comelec executive director Jose Tolentino to the Supreme Court to clarify [...]
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