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ANGKLA and SBP vs. COMELEC, etc. [DECISION]

ANGKLA: ANG PARTIDO NG MGA PILIPINONG MARINO, INC. (ANGKLA), AND SERBISYO SA BAYAN PARTY (SBP), PETITIONERS, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS (SITTING AS THE NATIONAL BOARD OF CANVASSERS), CHAIRMAN SHERIFF M. ABAS, COMMISSIONER AL A. PARRENO. COMMISSIONER LUIE TITO F. GUIA, COMMISSIONER MA. ROWENA AMELIA V. GUANZON, COMMISSIONER SOCCORRO B. INTING, COMMISSIONER MARLON S. CASQUEJO, AND COMMISSIONER ANTONIO T. KHO, JR., RESPONDENTS. AKSYON MAGSASAKA - TINIG PARTIDO NG MASA (AKMA-PTM), PETITIONER-IN-INTERVENTION.

G.R. No. 246816 | 2020-09-15

EN BANC
 
D E C I S I O N
 
LAZARO-JAVIER, J.:
 
THE CASES
 
These twin Petitions a) for Certiorari and Prohibition, and b) in-Intervention assail the constitutionality of Section 11 (b), Republic Act No. (RA) 7941[1] insofar as it provides that those garnering more than two percent (2%) of the votes cast for the party list system shall be entitled to additional seats in proportion to their total number of votes, thus:

Section 11. Number of Party-List Representatives, xxx
 
x x x x     x x x      x x x

(b) The parties, organizations, and...