Repi~blicof the PI-rilippil.

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COMMISSION ON EL-ECTIONS
Manila

11.1 TI-IE MATTER OF THE FILING

OF A PETITION FOR
ACCREIII~R'I-ION FOR -rl-lE PRESENT:
PURPOSE OF DETERMINING TI-IE
DOMINANT MAJORITY PARTY,
L7OMltdANT MINORITY PARTY,
Brillat~tes,Sixto S.,lr,,
Tagle, ~ u c e l i i t oN ,
Yl~sopli,Elias I?.,
Clta~rriian
COIIIIIIIS
COIIIIIIISSI
Y,
kler
lter
'TEN (10) MAJOR NATIONAL 1-i~n,
Christian Robert S.
r-.np,-rlEs AND rwo (2) MAJOR Padaca, Maria Gracia Cielo Rd., COI,,IJ
1-OCAL PAR'TIES IN
C:ONNECTION WIT1 I TkIE MAY 13,
2013 ALJTOMATED I\IATIONAl..
AND LOCAI- ELECTIOblS
y----------------------------------------------------- \

RESOLUTION No. f", ' "

:

WIIEREAS, Section 34 of Reput,lic Act No. 9369', amencling Sec.

26 of Republic Act 1\10. 7166', provides that tlie Com~nissionon Elections
(Corn~nission)shall detel'tnine tlie dominant ~najority party, clominant
r~~ir-~ority l y six (6) accredited major political parties w l ~ i c hshall each
~ ~ a rand
be entitled to one (I) official watcher ill every polling place and canvassing
c:enler;

WtIEREAS, the Corn~nission iss~~eclResolution No. 961 1 01-1

Ja~iuary '15, 2013 which provicles for the I-ules for filing of petition for
accreditation of the dominant riiajority party, clominanl minority party, tell
(10) ~najornational pal-ties and two (2) major local pal-ties for purposes of
[I ~e May '1 3, 201 3 Ac~tomatedNatior~alancl Local Elections;
 WHEREAS, pu~'suantto l?epul,lic Act 1.40. 9369, tlie Cornmissiun
sl~allful-nisli tlie dominant majority party and clon-linant minority party with
coljies of the election returns and celtificates of canvass;

WtIEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 961 1, only six (6) national

political parties filed a petition for accreditation as a dominant majority
party, doniinant minority pa11yor as niajor national party. Likewise, only the
following six (6) local parties filed a petitiol~for accreditation as one (1) of
tlie two (2) niajor local parties for tlieir respective provinces and cities: 1)
I(rrsog Baryuhanon for tlie Province of Davao del Norte; 2) Kal~analigat
I ( a r i l l ~ i l a ~Ning
l Melnalen Parnpanga (I(AMBILAN) for the Province of
Palnpanga; 3) United Negr'os Alliance (UNA) for the Province of Negros
Occidental; I) Hugpong Sa l a w o r ~ gI-unysotl (I-1UGPONG) for Davao
City; 5) Particlo Abe I<aparnpanyan (PAIC) for Angeles City; ancl 6)
Aranglrada Sat1 JoseRo Political Farty (Arangltada) for San Jose Del
Monte City.

NOW, TI-IEREFORE, the Colnmission on Elections, by vil-tire of the

powers vested in it by tlie Constitution, the Omnibus Election Code, and
ollier pertinent laws, RESOLVED, as it hereby RESOLVES to promulgate
the criteria and evaluation process for- a petition for the accreditation of the
clotni~iant majority party, don- ina ant minority party and four (4) major
national parties and thereafter i1ii111enierit the same in resolving the
petitions filed by tlie six (6) national political parties. I-lowever, consiclering
tliat ollly one (1) local political party filed a petilion for accreditation as one
(1) of tlie two (2) major local pal-ties for the Provinces of Davao del Norte,
Idegros Occidental and Pampanga, Angeles City, Davao City and San
Jose Del Monte City and that there was no opposition, the Conirnissiori, in
deciding saicl petitions, shall only determine whether there I.ias been
srlbstantial conipliance with tlie aforesaid criteria.

SECTION I.Criteria for accreditatior). - The doniinant majority

party, clorninant minority party, four (4) major national- parties and rnajor
local parties for pilrposes of tlie May 13, 2013 Automated Idational ancl
L-ocal Elections shall be determined by tlie Commission, irpon notice and
Ilearing, on the basis of the followir~igcriteria:

(a)l-lie established recorcl of the said parlies, coalition or groups,

that now comprise them, talting into account , among other
tliiilgs, tlieir sliowing irt past electio~is;

(b)Tlie ni~tnberof incumbent elective officials belonging to them

ninety (90) days before the date of elecliorls;

(c)Tlieir identifiable political organizations and strengths as

evidenced by tl.leir organized chaplers;

(cl)Tlie ability to fielcl a complete slate of candidates from the

municil,al level to the position of Senator; and
[\;
 (e) Ollier analogocls circilnistances thal may determine their relative
organizalions and strengths.

The first and second of the accredited political par-ties shall be tlie
cloniinant majority party and the dominant miriority party, respectively. The
remaining four (4) national parties wliicli failed to obtain the highest two (2)
rarllts shall fill-up four (4) out of the ten ('I0) slots allotted for major political
parlies.

SECTION 2. Weighted a v e r g e points. - 7-lie accreditation of tlie

dominant majority party, dominant minority party and four (4) major political
parties shall be established through weighted average points for each of
Ll~eabove criteria taking into consideration the ~ r i r n a r ypurpose of the law,
which is to protect tlie interest of the candidates and the parties tllat they
Iepresent.

The party's ability to field a coniplete slate of candidates from the

~nilnicipalto Senatorial posts shall be given forty (40) points.

Since tlle ability to field a colnplete slate of candidates is dependent

o ~t il ~ eorganization structure of a party and tlie numbers of ils incurnbetlt
elective officials, these two (2) criteria are given the next two (2) liigliest
weighted averages of twenty-five (25) points eacl~.

I-listory is given the least weighted average of ten (10) points since
llle nunlber of years of existence of a patty is not a guararitee that it has
I l ~ ecapability to field a cornplete stale of candidates wllose interests tlie
law seelts lo protect.

SECTION 3. Evalualion process. - After notice altd Iiearing and on

tlie basis of the documents submitted by petitioners, the Commission shall
~nalteits evaluation based on the following:

o i ~ I . "(a) The establisl~edrecol.cl of tlie parties, coalition,

C ~ i l e ~ i No.
01. groups that now colnpose them, taltiny into account, among other
things, their showing in past elections."

Tllis criterion is based on [lie history of Ihe political parties or- the
~lutnberof years they have been in existence since the implementation of
tlie 1987 Constitution. Points shall be credited to the parties following the
1)rocedure hereinafter provided:

( I ) Parties wliicli were f01.1ndedon or before 'I987 shall be given tell

(.lo) points or one Ilutldred (100%) percent. There are or~lytwo
(2) parties which were founded or existed since 1987 and have to
tl-leir credit twenty-six (26) yeals of existence, namely: NP ancl
LP.
 (2) To detel.r.~linethe poinls T91. tl ~e other political parties I-lot falling
under the first group, the following proceditre was adopted. The
mean is first determined by adding together h e total number of
years of existence of the six (6) national political parties which is
equivalent to ninety-six (96). The suln was divided by six (6) (the
nirmber of political parties under colisideraEion) and the resulting
cluotient is sixteen (16) years, tlie rnean or average
corresponding to fifty (50%) percent of ten ('lo) points.

(3) If the political party's existence is less than or equal to the mean,
the ratio between the nuniber of years of existence of a party and
the average ('IG), lnultiplied by fifty (50%) percent yields the
percentage to be credited to the party. The nurnber of points
earned will then be this percentage multiplied by ten (10) points.

No. of years of existe~~ce

.................................. x 0.50 x 100 = Poil-~ts
Meali Credited

tlie period of existel~ceis n-iore than the mean (or 16 years), tlle
If )
(I
difference between the nun.ll~erof years of existence arid sixteel-I
(16) over the cliiference belween twenty-six (26) and sixteen ('IG)
lliultiplied with fifty (50%) percent yielcl the percentage to be
credited to the party for its year of actual existence in excess of
sixteen ( I 6) years. The fifty (50%) pel-ce~ tt COI-respondingto tlie
first sixteen (16) years of existence are then atlded to arrive at
the total percentage to be cretlited to the political party. To obtain
the number of poi~llsearned Ily the lnarty, the percentage is
milltiplied by ten (I 0) ~ ~ o i n l s

No. of years of existence - Mean

x 0.50 x 0.50 x '100 = Points
1\10, of years that the - Mean Credited
,I907 Constiti~lioliis
ir I effect

Applying tlie above critelia in aritlil~ieticalexl~ression,tlle rescllts ili

I ~ercentageare as follows:
 6. UFJA

The table representing the above data is presented hereunder:

- --
1- L T C L I YEAR ~~%A%-INERCENTAGE~N~~OF-/

..-- --- - .- -.

I
.. UNA
--.
.. ... . -. ,7012L-
.

Clilel'ioll No. 2: "(b) The nuniber of incumbent elective locals

belonging to them ninety (90) days before the date of elections."

111 evaluating tlie strength of a political party on tlie basis of

inculnbent elected officials, tlie elective positions were classified into:

I Senators
2. Representatives
3. Governor1 Vice-Governor
4. Mayor1 Vice-Mayor
5. Member, Sanggurliang ~anlalawiganl Sangguniang
Panlungsodl Sanyg~~niang Bayan
6. ARMM Regional Governor1 Vice-Governor
7. ARMM Regional Asse~iiblynian

Eacli category position, giving clue consideration on tlieir impact to

llle national life of the country, shall be credited with tile following points:
Senators, 5.50 points; Menibel-, I-louse of Representatives, 5.50 points;
Governor1 Vice-Governor, 4.50 points; Ivlayorl Vice-Mayor, 3.50 points;
MemI~er, Sangguniang Partlalawigan1 Sanggi~niang Panlungsodl
;.B
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 Sangguniang Bayan, 2.50 points; ARMM liegional Governor/ Vice-
Governor, .I .75 points; and ARMM Regiotial Assetl~blymen,'1.75. The party
with incumbent elected officials occupying all the said positions shall be
credited wit11twenty-five ( 2 5 ) poinls.

Witl.1 tlie above data, the fonnula used to credit points to a political
parly is the ratio between the number of incumbent elected officials
claitried or listed by a party divided by the rnaximuni number of positions
a~.~tliorized to be elected nationwide, multiplied by [lie maxirnum poi~lls
obtained by tlie parties from tlie afot-e-slalecl category of positions.

The forniula in arithmetic expression is:

I'Jun~berof Incumbent 5.50 pts. !for Senatqrs) ,

Elected~Officials 5.50 pts. (for Rep) Idcrnlber of
..................................... 4.50 pts. (for Gov.1V.Gov) = points earned
X
Nlaxin-l~.lmNumber of 3.50 pts. (fw MayorN. Mayorj by a party
Political Positions 2.50 pts. (for PBMI
Authorized Councilors)
to be Electecl Nationwide 1.75 pts. (for ARMIvl Reg. Gov.1
V-Gov.)
1.75 pts. (for ARMM Reg.
Asseniblymen)

basis of the ~'ecot-clsubmitted by the political parties

011tlie
regarding the tiumber of tlleil- incutnbent elected officials ninety (90) days
Ijefore election, the points creditetl to tlie six (6) political parties are as
rollows:

I - ~ ' " ~ " ~ " " P / ~ / A Y ~ ~~ ~ ~ T ~ % ~Tr[noi?j1

POLlTlCA M*RMMI
1 VICE- BOARD REGlOlJA REGIONAL POIN T

L I'ARlY VICE- MAYOR MEMBERS1 L GOV.1 ASSEElBLYME

1 - 1 I I GOV. I I COCIPICILOR 1 VICE- I Id 1 I 1

~ ~ 3: "(c) Tlleir identifiable political organizations ant1

C ~ i t e l i oNo.
strenytlls as evidenced by their organized cliaptet-s."

{Jsirlg Lhe total number of cities and ~nunicipaliliesnalionwide (1,634)

as the equivalent of twenty-five (25) points or one hundred ('100%) percent,
tlte ratio between tlie number of city, mu~'iicipality,and provincial chapters
ar~cltlie total nulnber-of cities arid rnc~nicipalities,multipliecl by twenly-five
(25) points will yield tlie relative nur-nber of points earned by a political
. 1.7arty. Let it be noted lliat altliough tlie total n u ~ ~ i lof
~ eprovinces
r (80) is not
iricluded in the total number. of local geographical units as divisor, this [!,!
 forn~ula grants the po!itical parlies bonl.!s for each (?rovincial chapter,
ecli~ivaleiitto a city n'lunicipal chapter. This criterion recognizes that tlie
strength and tlie national reach of a polilical pal'ty is its organizatior~at tlie
city1 n-i(.~nicipal
level.

The formula in arithmetic expression is: @

Total I4umber of
Municipality/ City
PI ovincial Cliapters l\Jumberof Points
................................. X 25 poii~ts = Earned by a Political
Total Nurnber of Party
Ivlunicipalities and cities
!
t
The Commission. iisir~gthe nulnber of candidates fielded in each
cilyl municipality as additional basis for tliis criterion, credited the six (6)
~iationalpolitical parties with the following points:

---
-
/-"POI_ITICAL
---
I PROVINCES
-
.-.
r -CITY1
.. -----
-. ---
1 T O T AN ~
m -'--l

Crilei-ioi7 No. 4: "(d) The ability to field a slate of candidates froin the
~nunicipallevel to the position of President (Senators)"

l'lie seven (7) positions were given weigl~tin view of their impact to
llle ~iational life of the country: T~LIS, Senators, 8.5 poinls;
Representatives, 8.5 points; Governor1 Vice-Governor, 7.00 points:
MayorIVice-Mayor, 6.00 points: Provincial Board Members1 Councilors,
4.50 points; ARMM Regional Governor1 Vice-Governor, 2.75 points; and
ARMM Regional Assemblymen, 2.75 points. Tlie points garnered by the
party froin all tlie afore-mentioned category positions st~allthereafter be
addecl-ill:, I ~ uin
t no case exceed forty (40).

With the above-clata, the formula to be usecl shall be tlie ratio

between the nt~niberof canclidates officially nominated or listecl by a
~:)oliticalparty and the maxim[-lm positions autl-iorized to be elected
r~ationwide,multiplied by tlie maxi~nr.linpoints allotted to each category of
~.)osilions.
,..%I
 I\lumber of Official 8 50 pts. (for Senators)
Ca~ldidatesof a Political Party 8.50 pts. (lor Rep.) I\lumbel- of
x 7.00 pts. (for G o v l V-Gov.) = points earned
rdaxi~nu~ii
Number of Positions 6.00 pls. (for Mayor1V-Mayor) by Political
Aulhorized to be Voted for 4.50 pts. (for PBMl Cot~ncilors) Patty
2.75 pls. (for ARMM Reg. Gov.1V-Gov)
2.75 pis. (for ARMbl ' Reg.
Asse~vblyme~i)

On the basis of tl-le records of the Commissior-1, tlie six (6) political
parties and the corresponding points credited to tlierii are as follows:

REGIONAL POINTS
PARTY ASSEWBLYMEN

.-..-...

....-UNA
.- -

It will be noted that subparagraph (c) of Sec. 26, Republic Act No.
',I66 is couched under the general term "a~~alogous circcrmstances" leaves
iuch of its implementation to tlie personal judgnient of the members of tlie
Commission. This criterion is unlilte the circulmstances prescribed in
subparagraphs (a), (I)), (c) and (d), which are facts. It is better part of
judgnient, therefore, to omit this factor in the evaluation process.

7'lius, on tlie basis of the weiglited average points given to eacli of

tlle four- (4) criteria, the ranking of the six (6) political parties that applied for-
accreditation are as follows:

-
I POLTICAL]
PARTY
I
, NG~~XZROFPO~NTS
II ~Y~T-T-. IV TOTAL

I-lowever, in addition to tlie afore-mentioned computation, clue

consicleration is liltewise given to what was sought by the six (6) national
political parties. It must be rioted that some parties prayed for accreditation
as a d o r ~ ~ i n amajority
~it party, dominant minority party and as rnajor political
~ ) a ~ twliile
y others only prayed for either of the aforenieritioned.
Fu~'ttie~-more, that the particular accreditation sought for by sor-ne political
palties stated in their petition ate inconsistent with the declaration of their
jespective counsels during the Ilearing conclucted by the Commission arid1
or- in tlie Mernorandum filed thereafter.
?i
,

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 Based on tlie records, NP filed a F'etitio~i%eeking "accreditation as
one of tlie six ( 6 ) major political parties entitled to appoint one of the
I-ecognizetl principal watcl'lers in tlie May 13, 2013 National and Local
Elections ancl to be given one ( 1 ) copy of the election returns from every
~~recirict ancl to S L I C ~other riglits as provided by law and applicable rules
a ~ l dreyulalioris xxx". q

During the hearing 01-1February 20, 20'13, the Chairman clarified as

follows:

"Cl~airrnanSrillantes:
Coin~sel, are yo~r aljplyir~g o r what
accreditatior~,as a major polilical party?

4
,
Counsel for petitiorler.:
As one of the six n~ajorpolitical p a ~ f yYOLII'
/donor.

Cllairrnan Brillantes:
That's r'iglit, yo11 are riot applying to be
d~l~JilJaIJt?

Coirr~selfor petitioner:
NOyOLII' 1-/01101:

C l ~ a i r n ~ aBrillantes:
n
You don't feel that the Nacior,alista p a ~ f yis
don?illant?

Cour~selfor'petitiorler:
Birt if we ill he allo~.vedyour- HOIJOI;we sirb~r~if
lo the soinid discr-etior~ of this Honor-able
CO~JI~~~SS~O~J.

Chairman Brillanles:
Wl~afdo yo11 niear~?Yoo are not applyirlg lo
becoriie don~iriar~t?
I have lead yoirrpelition.

Coirr~selfor petitioner:
Yes yola Hor~or,we are riot applyi~igas o r ~ eof
1/7e d0lJJillal~f/10/ifiCa/p a / f ~but
/ if this /70/701-ab/e
Con~missio/~ would cor~sitier- ia as o r ~ eflier^ we
cvill suhniit lo yoirr soirrid disc~elior~yoirr
tf01101:

Clearly, NP is applying only as one of the six ( 6 ) major political

l~arliesfor tlie May 13, 2013 electio~~s.
,{A-

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8 .

' ltecovils. Clerlc OUIII~C C~II~III~SS~OII r Sl'l' 1.3-OOS (1)hlJ.pa$!es I t o 0

Case l ~ i i l f l e li)r
' ~ I I ~ -78. 201: ol' Nncicrt~:llisl:~1'ol.l~ [SI'I' 13-IIOS (DbIll ,
I S1.l. I I ~ ; I I I:eblunvy
 NPC prayed for accl-editation as "a Major National Party for
purposes of tlie 13 May 2013 Autoniated National and Local Elections" it-I
its Petition5 filed on February '15, 20.13.

LAI<AS-CMD, on tlie other hand, filed a petition6 praying for

issua~iceof an Order recognizing and accrediting, it "as the Dominant
Ivlinority Party for purposes-of1h.e lvlay,.I3,:2013 National, 1-ocal and ARMM
Elections".

Rneanwliile, NUP, in its ~ e t i t i o l filed

i ~ on February 15, 2013, prayecl
for I-ecognition and accreditation as "a major national polilical party in tlie
13 May 201 3 National, Local arid ARMM Electioiis".

SECTION 4. -- Donliriant Majority Party; Dotninant Minority

party, Tell (10) Maior political parties and Two (2) Maior Local Parties
- On the l~asisof tlie foregoing consideration, the dominant majority party,
tlominant l-riinority party and four (4) rnajor political parties for the May 13,
201 3 Autoliiated National and Local Elections are:

Dolninant Majority Party - Liberal Party (LP)

Dominant Minority Party - United Nationalist Alliance (UNA)

Fo11r(4) Major Political Parties:

1. Nacionalista Party (NP)

2. Nationalist People's Coalitiori (NPC)
3. Laltas-Christian Muslim Democr-als (LAKAS-CMD)
I..National Unity.Party (IdUP)

Furthernlore, considering that they were found to have substantially

coniplied with tlie criteria set forth by law, tlie local political parties
eliil~neratedbelow shall hereinafter be declared as tlie sole niajor local
party of tlieir respective provinces for purposes of the said elections, to wit:

Major I-ocal Parties:

1. I<USOG BARYUI-{ANON (Province of Davao clel Norte)

2. UNITED I\IEGROS ALLIANCE (PI-ovince of Negr-os
Occitlental)
3. I<APANALIG A'T I(AMB1LAN I MEMALEN
PAMPAIdGA (PI-ovince of Panlpanga)
4. PARTIDO ABE KAPAMPANGAbI (Angeles City)
5. I-IUGPONG SA TAWOI\IG LUNGSOD (Davao City)
6. ARANGI<ADA SAN JOSENO POLITICAL PARTY (San
Jose Del Monte City)
. !,,I;

' c:lt:~l, lol.Sl'1' 1 :-007 (I)hl), 1'at;es I II,-1.

Case
c t t l l ~ (e. ' o ~ i ~ ~ l i i s s i o ~ ~1:oltler
*I' c:l~,l-l, 51'1' 1.3 Ollc) (Dt\l), pages I Lo 6 .
o n Foltler
of lllc C ' o ~ l i ~ ~ l i s s iCase
' C.lc~k.n l t l ~ eC'o~li~liission
Case I;ciltlt~~~
C ~ I .SI'I' 17-005 (1:)bI).pages 1 to 7.
 SECTION 6. Clissenii~~ation.- The Education ti Informatioil
Department shall cause the pirblication of tliis Resolc~tionand furnish
copies thereof to the Regional Election Directors, Provincial Election
Supervisors, all Election Officers, and the President and Secretary General
of the twelve (12) political parties evaluated.

SO ORDERED.

1
Commissioner ~01.n6~ssioner

Conlmissioner Comnlissioner