Party-list: System meant for the poor, used by the powerful

2026-02-03 - 07:46

MANILA, Philippines — Since its introduction in the 1987 Constitution, the party-list system was envisioned as a corrective to politics dominated by the elite — a mechanism that would allow marginalized and underrepresented sectors to gain a foothold in the House of Representatives. Maria Ela Atienza, a political science professor at the University of the