BANAT v. COMELEC (G.R. No. 179271) - Case Digest
BANAT v. COMELEC (G.R. No. 179271) - Case Digest
BANAT v. COMELEC (G.R. No. 179271) - Case Digest
Justice Puno Separate Opinion on not allowing IN VIEW WHEREOF, I dissent on the
Major Political Parties: ruling allowing the entry of major political
parties into the party-list system.
There is no gainsaying the fact that the
party-list parties are no match to our traditional
political parties in the political arena. This is
borne out in the party-list elections held in 2001
where major political parties were initially
allowed to campaign and be voted for. The
results conrmed the fear expressed by some
commissioners in the Constitutional Commission
19 that major political parties would gure in the
disproportionate distribution of votes: of the 162
Table 1
Votes
Rank Party Votes Garnered Rank Party
Garnered
Table 2
Total 17
Table 3
Votes
Garnered over Additional (B) plus (C), Applying the
Guaranteed Seat
Votes Total Votes Seats in whole three seat
Rank Party (First Round)
Garnered for Party List, (Second Round) integers cap
(B)
in % (C) (D) (E)
(A)
Total 17 55