Article VIII
POLITICAL
PARTIES
Section Details
Sec. 60. Political
party. - "Political
party" or "party", when used in this Act, means an organized
group of persons pursuing the same ideology, political ideas or platforms of
government and includes its branches and divisions. To acquire juridical
personality, quality it for subsequent accreditation, and to entitle it to the
rights and privileges herein granted to political parties, a political party
shall first be duly registered with the Commission. Any registered political party that, singly or
in coalition with others, fails to obtain at least ten percent of the votes
cast in the constituency in which it nominated and supported a candidate or
candidates in the election next following its registration shall, after notice
and hearing be deemed to have forfeited such status as a registered political
party in such constituency.
Sec. 61. Registration. - Any organized group of persons seeking registration
as a national or regional political party may file with the Commission a
verified petition attaching thereto its constitution and by-laws, platform or
program of government and such other relevant information as may be required by
the Commission. The Commission shall, after due notice and hearing, resolve the
petition within ten days from the date it is submitted for decision.
No
religious sect shall be registered as a political party and no political party
which seeks to achieve its goal through violence shall be entitled to
accreditation.
Sec.
62. Publication
of petition for registration or accreditation. - The Commission shall require publication of the petition
for registration or accreditation in at least three newspapers of general circulation
and shall, after due notice and hearing, resolve the petition within fifteen
days from the date it is submitted for decision.
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