1. PHILIPPINE POLITICAL PARTIES
Prepared by Raizza P. Corpuz
POLITICAL PARTY
• Definedasa groupof people thatisorganizedforthe purpose of winninggovernmentpower,by
electoral orothermeans.(Heywood)
• In the case of the Philippines,
– Because politicianschange partiessooften,itcouldbe well define thatpolitical partyis
a group of people with sharedhatreds.(DefensorSantiago)
CRITERIA FOR PARTY CATEGORIES
• Whosupports the party?
– broad-basedvsnarrowinterestparty
• What is the party’s membershippolicy?
– openvsclose membership
• How are candidateschosen?
– by conventionorhierarchy
• What are the party goals?
– winninggovernmentoffice ormerelyseekingtosendamessage tothe big parties
FUNCTIONS
• Representation
• Elite formationandrecruitment
• Goal formulation
• Interestarticulationandaggregation
• Socializationandmobilization
• Organizationof government
CATEGORY BASED ON NUMBER
• One-partysystem
• Two-partysystem
• Dominant-partysystem
2. • Multi-partysystem
• Two-pluspartysystem
PHILIPPINEPARTY-LISTSYSTEM
The party-listsystemisamechanismof proportional representation inthe electionof
representativesinthe House of Representativesfromnational,regional andsectoral partiesor
organizationsorcoalitionsregisteredwiththe CommissiononElections.
• The concept of party-listelectionswasdrawnfromthe proportional representation("PR")
electoral system"developedinordertoremedyabasicflaw or disadvantage of the majoritarian
or pluralitysystem.“
• Legal basis:RepublicAct No. 7941 or
The Party-List SystemAct
• The “heart” of proportional representationis inclusion.
• "intendedtogive tomarginalizedpartiesorgroups accessto the House of Representatives"and
"to prevent[these] small groupsfromactuallybeingleftoutinthe democraticprocess."
• the party-listsystemalsoservesas"abreakfrompersonality-orientedpoliticstowardsamore
program-basedpolitical system."
THRESHOLD ANDLIMITATION
Section11(b) of the Party-ListSystemActprovides:
• "The parties,organizations,andcoalitionsreceivingatleasttwopercent(2%) of the total votes
cast for the party listsystemshall be entitledtoone seateach:
– Provided,thatthose garneringmore thantwopercent(2%) of the votesshall be entitled
to additional seatsinproportiontotheirtotal numberof votes:
– Provided,finally,Thateachparty,organization,orcoalitionshall be entitledtonotmore
than three (3) seats."
POLITICALPARTYvs PARTYLIST
POLITICAL PARTY PARTY-LIST
Personality-driven Sector-based
Popularlyelected ProportionallyElected