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Akbayan, Duterte Youth, Tingog win 3 party-list seats each

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David Dizon

ABS-CBN News

<div><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uJuUzIlteeE?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe> </div>Akbayan, Duterte Youth and Tingog are set to win 3 party-list seats each while ACT-CIS and Ako Bicol will each get two seats in the 20th Congress, the Commission on Elections said Monday.The first 3 nominees of Akbayan are Chel Diokno, Percival Cendana and Dadah Kiram Ismula. The first 3 nominees of Duterte Youth are Drixie Mae Suarez Cardema, Berlin Baday Lingwa and Ron Godfrey Waggawag Bawalan. The 3 nominees of Tingog party-list are Andrew Julian Romualdez, Jude Acidre and Happy Calatrava.Comelec Chairman George Garcia said the proclamation of all 63 party-list representatives will push through on Monday. Parties that receive at least 2 percent of the total votes cast for the party-list system shall be entitled to one seat each.Those who failed to get 2 percent of the votes in 2 consecutive elections will have their accreditation automatically removed.“Kung gusto nilang sumali sa susunod na eleksyon kailangan nilang mag-file ng petition for accreditation,” the Comelec chief said in a TeleRadyo Serbisyo interview.He added the poll body will also no longer accept party-lists with names based on popular TV shows or government assistance programs. Poll watchdog Contra Daya earlier noted leading party-list groups in pre-election surveys <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/2/12/most-party-lists-in-2025-elections-don-t-represent-marginalized-sectors-watchdog-2015">have ties</a> with political clans, businesses, and military connections.&quot;Political dynasties appear to dominate 4PS (Abalos), ACT-CIS (Tulfo and Yap), FPJ Bantay Bayan (Poe Llamanzares with Dolor and Paton families) and Tingog Sinirangan (Romualdez). Big business interests are apparent in Ako Bicol (Sunwest) and TGP (Teravera; contractor of DPWH projects). Duterte Youth has military connections which explains its track record for red- tagging,&quot; the poll watchdog stressed.The Gabriela Women&#x27;s Party earlier asked Comelec to look into reported anomalies in the automated election system used in the 2025 midterm elections.Gabriela has filed a letter to Comelec to investigate the votes the group supposedly lost during the early hours of May 13,2025.&quot;On May 12, 2025, as the National Elections commenced, votes were cast and promptly began to be tallied and ranked. At 2:03 AM, the Gabriela Women’s Party had garnered 252,562 votes, according to data from COMELEC’s transparency media server. However, by 2:20 AM, this number had inexplicably decreased by 49,614 votes,&quot; the letter read.Gabriela Party-list first nominee Sarah Elago said the unexplained reduction raises serious concerns about the integrity and transparency of the electoral process.“If votes for a sectoral party representing women and other vulnerable sectors can simply vanish without explanation, it risks disenfranchising not only the candidates but the countless women and marginalized communities whose voices they seek to represent,&quot; the letter further stated.

Akbayan, Duterte Youth and Tingog are set to win 3 party-list seats each while ACT-CIS and Ako Bicol will each get two seats in the 20th Congress, the Commission on Elections said Monday.

Akbayan, Duterte Youth and Tingog are set to win 3 party-list seats each while ACT-CIS and Ako Bicol will each get two seats in the 20th Congress, the Commission on Elections said Monday.