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In the May 2004 elections, Oppositor participated therein and obtained 0.8644 percent of the votes cast under the party-lists system. In the May 2007 elections,Oppositor did not participate therein. On 09 March 2007, prior to the May 2007elections, Oppositor formally informed the Honorable Commission in a letter dated06 March 2007, attaching therewith the Oppositor’s Executive Board Resolution No. 02-06 dated 17 December 2006, that Oppositor shall consolidate and strengthenits ranks and membership and not participate in the May 2007 party-list elections.A copy of the said letter dated 06 March 2007 and the Oppositor’s Executive BoardResolution No. 02-06 dated 17 December 2006 are attached hereto as
Annexes “B”and “B-1”
.(4)Oppositor has the intention to participate in the May 2010 party-list elections.
(5)
On 18 September 2009, Oppositor filed an Urgent Petition for Relief with theHonorable Commission, docketed as EM 09-003, for purposes of the May 2010 party-list elections.
(6)
The said Petition arose from the Honorable Commission Resolution No. 7819 dated12 February 2007 entitled “
 In Re Cancellation of Registration or Delisting of Sectoral Parties, Organizations or Coalitions under the Part-List System Pursuant to COMELEC Resolution No. 7718”
, which delisted Democratic Alliance (DA)from the list of registered sectoral parties, organizations or coalitions under the party-list system on the reason of DA’s failure to obtain at least two (2) percent of the votes cast under the party-list system in an election (2001 elections) and failureto participate in the succeeding election (2004 elections).To this date, Oppositor has not received any notice from the HonorableCommission as to whether it has given due course to the said Petition.
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On 13 October 2009,
without any prior notice and hearing
, the HonorableCommission
 En Banc
promulgated Resolution No. 8679 entitled
“In the Matter of the Failure of Party-List Organizations to comply with Section 6 (8) of Republic Act No. 7941”
which delisted Oppositor, together with twenty-five (25) other party-lists, from the list of registered national, regional or sectoral parties, organizationsor coalitions under the party-list system on the reason of Oppositor’s failure toobtain at least two (2) percent of the votes cast under the party-list system in anelection (2004 elections) and failure to participate in the succeeding election (2007elections).
(8)
This Opposition is filed in accordance with said Resolution No. 8679 stating thefollowing, thus:“
Any national, regional sectoral party or organizations orcoalitions adversely affected may personally or throughauthorized representative file a verified opposition on October26, 2009 during office hours.
The Clerk of the Commission shallassign a docket number which must be consecutive according tothe order of receipt and must bear the year and prefixed as SPP(MP).” (Emphasis supplied)(9)This Opposition is filed on the following grounds, thus:
I.THE HONORABLE COMMISSION DID NOT NOTIFYOPPOSITOR, AND NO HEARING WAS EVER CONDUCTED, PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OFRESOLUTION NO. 8679 WHICH DELETED OPPOSITOR FROM THE LIST OF REGISTERED NATIONAL,REGIONAL OR SECTORAL PARTIES, ORGANIZATIONSOR COALITIONS UNDER THE PARTY-LIST SYSTEM, INVIOLATION OF THE MANDATORY REQUIREMENT OFPRIOR NOTICE AND HEARING UNDER SECTION 6 OFREPUBLIC ACT NO. 7941 OR THE PARTY-LIST SYSTEMACT.
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