MANILA — The filing of charges against Bayan Muna’s Congressman Saturnino “Satur”
Ocampo, his arrest, the attempt to fly him to Leyte, and his detention at
the Manila Police District headquarters triggered a surge in media
coverage of the party-list elections during the period March 3?16, 2007.
MANILA — Bayan Muna Representative Satur C. Ocampo today walks out of his detention cell, the Manila Police District headquarters, after the Supreme Court granted his petition for release upon payment of a P100,000 cash bond.
?I went to the Supreme Court with clean hands and with a clear conscience. I am now vindicated,? said Ocampo, upon being informed of the court?s ruling.
By Tyrone Velez
davaotoday.com
DAVAO CITY — Of the 91 partylists vying for the 2007 elections, five are based in Mindanao. Four of them represent Moro and indigenous sectors while the other carries the causes of farmers and fisherfolk in Southern Mindanao.
The party-list system aims to ensure the representation in the House of Representatives of so-called marginalized sectors. Under Republic Act 7941, the country’s party-list law, 20 percent ? or at least 50 seats — of the membership of the Congress should be allotted to groups representing these sectors. (Read the primer on the party-list system.)
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7941
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ELECTION OF PARTY-LIST REPRESENTATIVES THROUGH THE PARTY-LIST SYSTEM, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.
PRIMER ON THE PARTY-LIST SYSTEM OF REPRESENTATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
[As mandated by Republic Act No. 7941]
by The Commission on Elections