THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) is set to proclaim today the Gabriela Women’s Party as the winner of the 64th party-list seat during the May 2025 National and Local Elections (NLE).
In its letter to Gabriela, the Comelec set its proclamation at the poll body’s main office in Intramuros, Manila this afternoon.
“The proclamation of Gabriela Women’s Party as the winner of the 64th party-list seat for the 2025 National and Local Elections will be held on Wednesday, 17 September 2025 at 1:30 pm at the Comelec Session Hall located at the Palacio del Gobernador Bldg., Intramuros, Manila,” said the Comelec.
The letter is addressed to Gabriela chairperson Emerenciana de Jesus and first nominee Sarah Jane Elago.
The Gabriela placed 55th in the May 2025 party-list race after getting 256,811 votes.
Earlier, the Comelec announced that it will proclaim one additional winning party-list representative during the May 2025 polls because the 63 seats allocated during the last polls is short of the required 20 percent party-list composition of the House of Representatives.
In a related development, Comelec chairman George Garcia said the poll body is set to resume discussions on the probable replacements for the seats won by the Duterte Youth party-list.
In an interview, Garcia said the Comelec en banc is also set to discuss today which party-list group should be proclaimed in place of Duterte Youth in the event that its disqualification becomes final.
“We shall discuss whether we will move up or down the party-list. That means we will discuss if we should give additional seats to those who already have seats or should we give the seats to those who have none yet,” he said.
He, however, reiterated that their decision won’t be applied until their decision to disqualify Duterte Youth becomes final and executory on September 30.
“This is out of respect for the process and the right of the party-list to go to the Supreme Court. We also do not want to preempt the Supreme Court from what it can do,” Garcia said.
The Comelec en banc has affirmed the cancellation of the registration of the Duterte Youth party-list, which was entitled to three seats in the House of Representatives had they been proclaimed.
Duterte Youth has since asked the SC to restrain the Comelec from implementing its decision.
