Atong Paglaum versus COMELEC: Requiem to representative democracy in the Philippine party-list system

• Main Authors: Caraan, Krisppina Krissanta A., Magsaysay, Camilla Rosanna H.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2013
• Subjects: Political parties—Law and legislation > Philippines; Political candidates > Philippines; Election law > Philippines; Election Law; Law
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/5446
• Institution: De La Salle University

This research is about the three landmark cases Atong Paglaum, et. al. v. COMELEC, Banat, et. al. v. COMELEC, and Ang Bagong Bayani, et. al. v. COMELEC regarding its reversal and its effect on the future of the party list system, but will mainly focus on Atong Paglaum v. COMELEC, because of the new...