Akbayan, one rank shy of winning seat in 2022, fights for vacated party-list slot

Akbayan's appeal to the Comelec to declare it a winner in the past election is crucial as its consecutive defeats in 2019 and 2022 party-list races put it at risk of getting delisted in 2025 and being removed from the ballots

This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article. Akbayan 's appeal to the Comelec to declare it a winner in the past election is crucial as its consecutive defeats in 2019 and 2022 party-list races put it at risk of getting delisted in 2025 and being removed from the ballots

Two years ago, the group ranked 57th in a party-list election in which 56 groups were proclaimed winners, but Akbayan said the cancellation by the Supreme Court of the, which ranked 27th in that race, means there is a vacant slot in the House of Representatives that needs to be filled. Akbayan, the home party of Senator Risa Hontiveros, has positioned itself as the main opposition party for 2025. The opposition leader is heavily involved in the 2025 senatorial bids of lawyer Chel Diokno and former senators Bam Aquino and Francis Pangilinan.

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