Reviewing the Origins of the Party-List Electoral System for Electing Twenty Percent of Members of the House of Representatives in the Philippines in the Constitutional Commission that Drafted the 1987 Philippine Constitution

• In Event: Elections in Asia

Brief Overview

The paper presents the original intent of the framers of the 1987 Philippine Constitution for the party-list electoral system which elects twenty percent of members of the Lower House to help clarify the current debate on its purpose and meaning.

Author

• Crisline Geronimo Torres-Pilapil, University of the Philippines