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Greenpeas Is An Ideology

The document discusses the validity of observations made by Bluebean regarding the political party Greenpeas' eligibility to receive seats under the party-list system. Bluebean claimed Greenpeas was not entitled to seats since it received only 1.99% of votes, and did not represent marginalized sectors. However, the Constitution mandates allocation of remaining seats proportionally based on percentage of votes received after 2% threshold is met. And representing a special interest sector is sufficient for participation, not mandatory representation of marginalized sectors. Therefore, Bluebean's observations are incorrect.

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Greenpeas Is An Ideology

The document discusses the validity of observations made by Bluebean regarding the political party Greenpeas' eligibility to receive seats under the party-list system. Bluebean claimed Greenpeas was not entitled to seats since it received only 1.99% of votes, and did not represent marginalized sectors. However, the Constitution mandates allocation of remaining seats proportionally based on percentage of votes received after 2% threshold is met. And representing a special interest sector is sufficient for participation, not mandatory representation of marginalized sectors. Therefore, Bluebean's observations are incorrect.

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Greenpeas is an ideology-based political party fighting for environmental causes.

It decided to participate under


the party-list system. When the election results came in, it only obtained 1.99 percent of the votes cast under the
party -list system. Bluebean, a political observer, claimed that Greenpeas is not entitled to any seat since it failed
to obtain at least 2% of the votes. Moreover, since it does not represent any of the marginalized and
underrepresented sectors of society, Greenpeas is not entitled to participate under the party-list system. How
valid are the observations of Bluebean? (4%)

The claim of Bluebean that Greenpeas is not entitled to a seal under the party-list-system because it obtained
only 1.99 percent of the votes cast under the party-list-system is not correct. Since the provision in Section5(2).
Article VI of the Constitution that the party-list representatives shall constitute twenty percent (20%) of the
total number of the members of the House of Representatives is mandatory, after the parties receiving at least
two percent (2%) of the total votes case for the party-list system have been allocated one seat, the remaining
seats should be allocated among the parties by the proportional percentage of the votes received by each party
as against the total party-list votes (Barangay Association for National Advancement and Transparency v.
Commission on Elections, 586 SCRA 211 (2009).

The claim of Bluebean that Greenpeas is not entitled to participate in the party-list elections because it does not
represent any marginalized and underrepresented sectors of society is not correct. It is enough that its principal
advocacy pertains to the special interest of its sector (Atong Panglaum, Inc. v. Commission on Election, 694 SCRA
477 (2013).

Final Answer:

The claim of Bluebean that Greenpeas is not entitled to a seal under the party-list-system because it obtained
only 1.99 percent of the votes cast under the party-list-system is not correct.

Section5(2). Article VI of the Constitution states that the party-list representatives shall constitute twenty
percent (20%) of the total number of the members of the House of Representatives is mandatory, after the
parties receiving at least two percent (2%) of the total votes case for the party-list system have been allocated
one seat, the remaining seats should be allocated among the parties by the proportional percentage of the votes
received by each party as against the total party-list votes (Barangay Association for National Advancement and
Transparency v. Commission on Elections, 586 SCRA 211 (2009).

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