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Atong Paglaum, Inc. Vs. Commission on Elections [Concurring and Dissenting Opinion C.J. Sereno]

ATONG PAGLAUM, INC., represented by its President, MR. ALAIN IGOT, Petitioner, vs. COMMISSION 0N ELECTIONS, Respondent; and when related cases. [Concurring and Dissenting Opinion C.J. Sereno]

G.R. No. 203766 | 2013-04-02

CONCURRING AND DISSENTING OPINION

The party-list system is primarily a 
tool for social justice.

I believe that the ponencia may have further marginalized the already marginalized and underrepresented of this country. In the guise of political plurality, it allows national and regional parties or organizations to invade what is and should be constitutionally and statutorily protected space. What the ponencia fails to appreciate is that the party-list system under the 1987 Constitution and the party«list law or RA 7941 is not about mere political plurality, but plurality with a 
heart for the poor and...