Two groups ask SC to revise formula for allocation of seats in Congress for party-lists

Two party-list groups which failed to win in last week’s mid-term elections have asked the Supreme Court (SC) to revise the formula for the allocation of seats to allow more representations in Congress for the marginalized sectors.

In a petition, Angkla and Serbisyo sa Bayan told the SC the formula could be revised by reducing the number of seats for top notchers in the elections to allow more winners.

They said that in the allocation of additional seats, the votes for the guaranteed seats should be excluded in the counting so that the votes would not be used or counted twice. In 2009, the SC laid down the guidelines in the allocation of seats for party-list groups to assure that all congressional seats allotted to the marginalized groups are filled.

Thus, a group can only get a maximum of three seats. Unfilled seats are then allocated to groups that failed to meet the two-percent threshold based on the number of votes they garnered in the elections.

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