The Gabriela party-list group (Gabriela) on Monday asked the
Supreme Court (SC) to allow them to have one more seat in the 17th Congress.
In a petition for certiorari filed by the Gabriela,
represented by their National Chairperson Emerenciana De Jesus, the party-list
group questioned the National Board of Canvassers (NBOC) Resolution 008-16
where they were allotted only two seats in the House of Representatives
(House).
The Gabriela also asked the SC to order the Commission on
Elections (Comelec) to allow their third nominee, Bai Ali Indayla to sit as a
party-list representative in the House before the State-of-the-Nation-Address
(SONA) of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on July 25, 2016.
The group also complained before the SC the alleged slow or
lack of action by the Comelec on their petition.
The petitioner argued that 30 days have already lapsed since
they filed their petition before the Comelec last May 20, but the poll body has
not yet take action on their petition.
Because of this, the Gabriela elevated their case to the SC
noting that pursuant to the internal rules of the Comelec, it only has 30 days
to act on their petition.
The petitioner argued that if the formula set by the SC on
the party-list representation in the case of "Banat
vs Comelec" will be used as basis, the total number of seats for the
party-list in the 17th Congress should be 60 and not 59, which was contrary to
the Comelec resolution.
The petitioner believes that the 1.3 million votes they
garnered in the May 9 elections is sufficient for them to have three party-list
representatives in the 17th Congress.
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The Gabriela Women's Party (GWP), a party-list political party, is a political front associated with Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). GWP ss a political spinoff from the CPP sectoral front for women, the General Assembly Binding Women for Reform, Integrity, Equality, Leadership, and Action (GABRIELA).
ReplyDeleteThe GWP is a member of the "progressive" Makabayang Koalisyon ng Mamamayan (MAKABAYAN-Patriotic Coalition of the People) often referred to as the MAKABAYAN bloc, a group of twelve CPP-linked political parties that incudes the following: Bayan Muna, Anakpawis, Gabriela, Kabataan, Courage, Migrante, ACT-Teachers, Katribu, Akap Bata, Piston, Kalikasan and Aking Bikolnon.
The GABRIELA sectoral front for women is a member of the main CPP-affiliated multisectoral umbrella front organization the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN-New Patriotic Alliance)