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Halalan 2022: Comelec rejects over 120 party-list groups, 100 file appeal

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Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="The Palacio Del Gobernador headquarters to the Commission on Elections in Intramuros Manila on November 11, 2021. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News" src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/11/17/20211111-comelec-building-jc-013613450.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>The Palacio Del Gobernador headquarters to the Commission on Elections in Intramuros Manila on November 11, 2021. <em>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has rejected over 120 applications for party-list registration ahead of the 2022 national elections.</p><p>&gt;https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/07/21/businessman-seeks-partylist-house-for-underprivileged</p><p>In a tweet Wednesday, Comelec commissioner Rowena Guanzon revealed the poll body junked the application of 126 party-list groups.</p><p>She said &quot;126 applicants for party-list registration were denied by Comelec. More than 100 of denied applicants filed motion for reconsideration.&quot;</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/11/21/ntf-elcac-personalities-vie-for-partylist-seats-in-2022">Personalities with NTF-ELCAC ties vie for partylist seats in #Halalan2022</a></li></ul><p>Comelec&#x27;s deadline to register a party-list group ended on March 31, 2021.</p><p>During the period to file certificates of candidacy and nominations, 270 party-list groups filed their candidacies to join the Halalan 2022 race pending approval of their registration petitions.</p><p>On Oct. 20, Comelec released an initial list of 118 existing party-list groups given accreditation and 53 newly-formed ones granted fresh registration.</p><p>Guanzon said the poll body will finish hearing the rejected groups&#x27; appeals by Dec. 6 before they finalize who will make the 2022 ballot.</p><p>&quot;Must finish by Dec. 6 Final date for ballot prep Dec. 15,&quot; she said. </p><p>Among the notable newly-formed party-list groups seeking accreditation are Mothers for Change (MOCHA) of Mocha Uson and Malasakit Movement of Celine Pialago.</p><p>The partylist system was conceived as a means to empower marginalized and under-represented sectors of society.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/01/19/21/write-from-scratch-lawyer-calls-for-overhaul-of-party-list-system">Write from scratch: Lawyer calls for overhaul of party-list system</a></li></ul><p>However, in the previous decades, political dynasties, billionaires, and other members of powerful clans have entered the system, with analysts and election experts calling for overhaul. </p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO: </strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1387258" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has rejected over 120 applications for party-list registration ahead of the upcoming national elections in 2022.

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Halalan 2022: Comelec rejects over 120 party-list groups, 100 file appeal

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel,

ABS-CBN News

Published November 17, 2021 04:13 PM PHT

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