* What information is necessary to establish existence of a party in a city and province?
A party must have identifiable leadership, membership and structure. These may be shown by the following:
[1] Addresses of its city chapter and provincial chapter; and
[2] The names of the chapter officials and members, and their respective addresses.
A party may submit additional documents to prove its existence in the city and province.
* May the Comelec remove and/or cancel registration of any entity?
The Comelec may, motu proprio or upon verified complaint of any interested party, remove or cancel after due notice and hearing, the registration of any national, regional or sectoral party, organization or coalition on any of the following grounds:
[a] It is a religious sect or denomination, organization or association organized for religious purposes;
[b] It advocates violence or unlawful means to achieve its goal;
[c] It is a foreign party or organization;
[d] It is receiving support from any foreign government, foreign political party, foundation, organization, whether directly or indirectly or through its officers or members or indirectly through third parties for partisan election purposes;
[e] It violates or fails to comply with laws, rules or regulations relating to elections;
[f] It has made untruthful statements in its petition; and
[g] It has ceased to exist for at least one (1) year from the time the petition is filed.
Is the enumeration of the sectors eligible to participate as sectoral party exclusive?
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Yes. Only parties of those sectors enumerated in Section 5 of R.A. 7941 may register and participate as sectoral party.
* May an organization which is not listed among the sectors eligible to participate as a sectoral party still participate in the party-list system?
Yes, as a sectoral organization.
* How will the voters know which entities are participating?
Comelec shall prepare and publish a certified list of entities qualified to participate which shall be posted in all voting booths on election day.
