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Comelec OKs Ang Ladlad, 143 other party-list groups


(Updated 4:35 p.m.) The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Friday allowed 144 party-list groups, including gay party-list group Ang Ladlad, to participate in the May 10 national polls. Through Resolution No. 8744, the Comelec en banc gave the go-signal to 144 out of the more than 300 party-list groups that filed their manifestations of intent to participate in the coming elections. Among the approved party-lists is the Ang Ladlad, which was included in the list of qualified organizations through a Supreme Court order mandating the Comelec to print the gay group's name on the ballot for the May polls. Shorter ballot Of the 144 approved party-list groups, 66 have already participated during the last elections while 78 were newly-accredited groups. "With this, we now have the list of candidates of national positions and party-list organizations for May 10, 2010… We already have all the names we will print on the front side of the ballot," said Comelec Commissioner Gregorio Larrazabal told reporters. Larrazabal likewise said since the number of approved party-list groups was lower than expected, the length of the ballot to be used in the coming polls may be altered. "We were projecting 200 party-list organizations to be included in the ballots. Now, we only have 144, so it (the ballot) might be shorter—which is good," he said. Section 10 of the Party-List System Act (Republic Act 7941) states that a voter is entitled to “a vote for a party, organization or coalition he wants represented in the House of Representatives" during elections. RA 7941 also mandates accredited groups to submit a list of at least five nominees for party-list representatives to the Comelec legal department 45 days before the polls (March 26 this year). No more additional names Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez meanwhile said that although disqualified party-list groups could still file motions for consideration before the Supreme Court, the poll body would not include any more names in the ballot once the printing starts on January 25. "We believe that we already have the final list of candidates... We have already done our part, and we would not sacrifice the conduct of orderly elections just for one or two groups who did not do theirs… Remember, the right to be elected is not an absolute right," he said. Jimenez likewise said he is confident that the high court will take into account the Comelec’s schedule before it makes decisions in connection with the coming polls. Below is the list of party-list groups joining the May elections: [Click here for the PDF version of the list.] 1. 1 ANG PAMILYA 2. 1-AANI 3. 1-ABAA 4. 1-AHAPO 5. 1-AK 6. 1-CARE 7. 1GANAP/GUARDIANS 8. 1ST KABAGIS 9. 1ST PRISA 10. 1-TUBIG 11. 1-UTAK 12. A BLESSED 13. A TAMBAY 14. A TEACHER 15. AA-KASOSYO PARTY 16. AAMA 17. AAMBIS-OWA 18. AANI 19. AAPS 20. ABA 21. ABA ILONGGO 22. ABAKADA 23. ABAMIN 24. ABANG LINGKOD 25. ABANTE KA 26. ABANTE TRIBUNG MAKABANSA (ATM) 27. ABAY PARAK 28. ABC 29. ABONO 30. ABP-BICOLNON 31. ABROAD 32. ABS 33. ACT TEACHERS 34. ADA 35. ADAM 36. ADD 37. ADD-TRIBAL 38. AFPSEGCO 39. AG 40. AGAP 41. AGBIAG 42. AGHAM 43. AGILA ng Katutubong Pilipino (AGILA) 44. AGILA Pwersa ng Nagkakaisang Magsasaka, Inc. (AGILA) 45. AGRI 46. AHON 47. A-IPRA 48. AKAP BATA 49. AKB 50. AKBAYAN 51. AKMA-PTM 52. AKO 53. AKO 54. ALAGAD 55. ALAY BUHAY 56. ALE 57. ALIF 58. ALIM 59. ALMA 60. ALMANA 61. ALON 62. AMA 63. AMANA 64. AMANG 65. AMIN 66. AMS 67. AN WARAY 68. ANAD 69. ANAK 70. ANAKALUSUGAN 71. ANG KASANGGA 72. ANG LADLAD 73. ANUPA 74. AP 75. APEC 76. APO 77. APOI 78. ARAL 79. ARC 80. ARCAPP 81. ASAHAN MO 82. AT 83. ATING KOOP 84. ATONG PAGLAUM 85. ATS 86. AVE 87. BABAE KA 88. BAGO 89. BANAT 90. BANDILA 91. BANTAY 92. BAYAN MUNA 93. BAYANI 94. BH 95. BIDA 96. BIGKIS 97. BINHI 98. BIYAHENG PINOY 99. BIYAYANG BUKID 100. BUHAY 101. BUKLOD FILIPINA 102. BUTIL 103. CHINOY 104. CIBAC 105. COCOFED 106. COFA 107. CONSLA 108. COOP-NATCCO 109. CPM 110. DIWA 111. FIL-MUS 112. FIRM 24-K 113. GABRIELA 114. GREEN FORCE 115. IVAP 116. KAAGAPAY 117. KAAKBAY 118. KABATAAN 119. KABAYAN 120. KAKUSA 121. KALAHI 122. KALINGA 123. KASAPI 124. KATRIBU 125. KATUTUBO 126. KLBP 127. LYPAD 128. OPO 129. ORAGON 130. PACYAW 131. PBA 132. PCL 133. PEP 134. PM 135. SB 136. SENIOR CITIZENS 137. SMART 138. TUCP 139. UNI-MAD 140. VENDORS PARTY LIST 141. VFP 142. WPI 143. YACAP 144. YES WE CAN Source: Comelec Resolution No. 8744 (January 15, 2010) - ANDREO C. CALONZO/RSJ/ARCS/ GMANews.TV
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