Bill Type
House Bill
Congress Name
12th Congress of the Republic
Long Title
AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7941, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE `PARTY LIST SYSTEM ACT'
Congress Author
PABLO, ERNESTO C.
Date filed
July 31, 2002
Scope
NATIONAL
Urgent Bill
No

Legislative History

House Bill/Resolution NO. House Bill No. 5058, 12th Congress of the Republic
FULL TITLE : AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7941, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE `PARTY LIST SYSTEM ACT'
ABSTRACT : This bill seeks to remedy the imperfections of RA No. 7941, the "Party List System Act", and settle once and for all gray areas of interpretation in order to fulfill the mandate of enabling marginalized and under represented sectors to contribute tothe legislative process.> RA 7941, the enabling law of the constitutional provision on the party list system has gone through two elections already. Because of this, it is expected that all concerned would now know that what provisions need revision. The experience deprived equal representation to many sector contrary to the intent of the constitution.
PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : PABLO, ERNESTO C.
DATE FILED : 2002-07-31
SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL
CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) :
1. Madamba (052 ) 2. Valdez (052 )
ADMINISTRATION BILL? No
URGENT BILL? No
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE
MOTHER BILL: House Bill No. 6479, 12th Congress of the Republic
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES
REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON SUFFRAGE AND ELECTORAL REFORMS ON 2002-08-07

Abstract

This bill seeks to remedy the imperfections of RA No. 7941, the "Party List System Act", and settle once and for all gray areas of interpretation in order to fulfill the mandate of enabling marginalized and under represented sectors to contribute tothe legislative process.> RA 7941, the enabling law of the constitutional provision on the party list system has gone through two elections already. Because of this, it is expected that all concerned would now know that what provisions need revision. The experience deprived equal representation to many sector contrary to the intent of the constitution.

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