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Comelec suspends proclamation of two winning party-lists

Published May 19, 2025 12:47 pm  |  Updated May 19, 2025 02:56 pm

At A Glance

  • The proclamation of two winning party-lists during the 2025 mid-term elections will not push through on Monday afternoon, May 19, following a decision of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), which is sitting as the National Board of Canvassers (NBOC).
The proclamation of two winning party-lists during the 2025 mid-term elections will not push through on Monday afternoon, May 19, following a decision of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), which is sitting as the National Board of Canvassers (NBOC).
George Erwin Garcia, Comelec chairman, said the Comelec en banc has decided to suspend the proclamation of two party-lists pending resolution of their existing cases.
But this does not automatically mean they could no longer occupy House seats.
"Pinagpaliban muna bilang pag respeto sa proseso. Kasi kahit po iproklama ng NBOC ang party-list, pwede pa rin po namin pagdesisyunan ang kaso bago ang June 30 (We will temporarily suspend their proclamation as respect for the election process. Because if we proclaim them, the NBOC may still decide on their case later on before June 30) ," Garcia said,
He says that it is only on June 30 that the nominees of the party-lists will formally and legally take office.
Garcia did not identify the party-lists whose proclamation have been suspended. But he said one of them has secured three seats in the House of Representatives, while the other has secured one.
The only party-lists that won three seats were Akbayan, Duterte Youth and Tingog.
Calls to suspend Duterte Youth 
Among the three, it is Duterte Youth that has a known pending case before the body. The party-list is facing an unresolved petition case for five years now, as its petitioners have argued that the group does not actually represent the youth.
Based on Comelec's own record, Duterte Youth is not a registered party-list group.
In a statement, election lawyer Emil Marañon III said Comelec should act on the petition filed against Duterte Youth and suspend its proclamation because "it is not only prudent, but it is a legal necessity" to do so.
"In other words, the conclusive settlement of the issue of the status of Duterte Youth is a prejudicial question that must first be resolved prior to its proclamation," Marañon said.
The petition was first filed in 2019. Its petitioners argued that it is “illegal and unconstitutional” for the party-lists to be allowed registration without fulfilling the publication and hearing requirements, as stated in the 1987 Constitution and the Party-List System Act that provides specific rules and regulations for the party-list system, including how parties and organizations can register and participate.
Winning party-lists
Meanwhile, Garcia said NBOC is set to proclaim 63 nominees from the winning party-lists.
He said this was based on the number of vacancies that were available at the House of Representatives.
Garcia said the top three party-lists secured three seats each, while those than ranked fourth to sixth secured two seats each. The rest will get one seat each.
He said there were a total of 41,950,282 votes cast for party-lists. There were 57,350,968 voters who participated in the polls.
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