It’s not over for groups who fail to meet the required 2 percent of the total number of votes in the May 10 polls, as they still have a chance to get one seat if the winning groups cannot fill the more than 50 seats in Congress.
Under the party-list system, party-list representatives must comprise 20 percent of the House membership, which is about 57 seats.
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Spokesman James Jimenez said that as of press time, they cannot proclaim any group yet as they need to finish counting of all the votes to determine the 2 percent threshold.
“If you proclaim while the whole that you have is low, your two percent is correspondingly lower. You might qualify numerous groups. Then, if the total percentage of votes rose, your two percent will also rise. This might exclude some groups that you have earlier proclaimed winners,” he said.
Each winning organization is entitled to have a maximum of three seats depending on the percentage they will get. Two percent is equivalent to one seat.
In case the 57 seats have yet to be filled up by those who have met the required percentages, those groups/organizations running next in the race, despite not meeting the two percent requirement, will be allocated with one seat each.
He added that proclaming them now will put them in a tight situation since they would not want to risk having proclaimed certain organizations with the possibility of recalling them afterwards.
Marie A. Surbano with PNA
September 18 –
International Equal Pay Day
“Increase wages now,
more than other cost items.
For widespread, practical equality!”
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against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the recommendations of the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry
against serious violations of protocols of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association.
Accept the National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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October –
Monthly Observances:
Industry and Commerce Safety Month
National Statistics Month
Local Government Month
Consumer Welfare Month
Cooperative Month
National Quality and Productivity Improvement Month
National Health and Wellness Tourism Month
National Indigenous Peoples Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 1: Elderly Filipino Week
Week 2: National Health Education Week
Local Government Week
National Mental Health Week
October 17-23:
National Week for Overcoming Extreme Poverty
October 18 – 24:
United Nations Week
Last Week:
Nurses’ Week
Consumers’ Protection Week
Week of the 4th Sunday:
Barrio Farmers’ Week
Daily Observances:
First Monday (Oct 4): Universal Children’s Day i
n the Philippines
Oct 5: National Teachers’ Day
Oct 10: Local Government Day
Third Thursday (Oct 14): Conflict Resolution Day
Oct 21: Tenants’ Emancipation day
Oct 24: United Nations Day
Oct 29: National Indigenous People’s Thanksgiving Day
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