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The Commission on Elections on Wednesday proclaimed Akbayan as one of the winners in the 2022 party-list race entitled with one seat in the House of Representatives.The poll body’s National Board of Canvassers issued the proclamation dated September 25 after the Supreme Court upheld the cancellation of the registration of An Waray party-list, leaving one House seat vacant.
Akbayan Party president Rafaela David, in a statement, lauded the Comelec for its swift decision on the matter.“We would like to thank Comelec for their swift action in issuing the Certificate of Proclamation to Akbayan acting on Congress’ request to fill in a vacancy in the party-list seats as part of the constitutional mandate to fill in all seats allotted for party-list organizations,” David said.
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