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Petition to suspend declaration of party-list winners filed before SC
The One Filipinos Worldwide (OFW) party-list has petitioned the Supreme Court (SC) to issue a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the proclamation of party-list winners, arguing that 63 party-list seats allocated by the Comelec is unconstitutional.
The group claims that the 20% allocation for party-list representatives from the total 318 members of the House of Representatives should result in 64 seats, not 63, and that fractions should be rounded up to favor marginalized sectors.
OFW party-list also challenges the 'Banat formula' used for allocating seats, asserting it is inconsistent with the Constitution and Republic Act No. 7941.
They argue the Banat formula leads to double counting of votes for parties that secure at least 2% of the total votes cast.
The petition specifically points out that under the Banat formula, parties with at least 2% of the votes get one seat, with additional seats awarded proportionally up to a maximum of three.
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