The kids's table: A comprehensive assessment of the legal basis and implications of the "Filipino-style" party-list system of proportional representation

• Main Author: Pilapil, Rene G., Jr.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2014
• Subjects: Political parties—Philippines; Representative government and representation—Philippines; Election Law
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/6810
• Institution: De La Salle University

As a result of heated deliberations regarding the need for better representation of marginalized sectors, the framers of the 1987 Constitution came up with Article VI, Section 5 (1) and (2), otherwise known as the party-list provision. The party-list is an example of an electoral system of proportio...