Latest Editorial
May 23, 2025
When the framers of the 1987 Constitution included party list representation in Article VI of the Charter, they created a mechanism to give the marginalized a voice in Congress. Envisioned was a proportional representation for the poor and disadvantaged to incorporate social justice in the nation’s fundamental law. The provision mandates that 20 percent of the total number of House seats be filled with elected representatives from “the labor, peasant, urban poor, indigenous cultural communities,
