How many seats in Congress are available for party-list representatives?
Twenty percent (20%) of the seats in the House of Representatives is reserved for party-list elected representatives. For 1998, with 205 elected district representatives, there will be 51 seats available for party-list representatives. If before May 11, Congress create new districts and we have 208 district representatives, then there will be 52 available party-list seats. Who can we vote for in the Party-List System? We will vote for registered, organized groups, parties or coalitions instead of individual candidates. The group, party, or coalition is the party of the party-list system. They may represent sectoral interests. The identified sectors are laborers, fisherfolk, tribal/indigenous people, handicapped, youth, overseas workers, farmers, urban poor, elderly, women, veterans, and professionals. They may represent causes (e.g. environment) They may represent national/regional political parties. The rationale here is proportional representation of 1) underrepresented and marginali
