IPER:

Institute of political and economy reforms (IPER) is an institution in the Philippines advocates for
necessary electoral reforms to ensure citizen participation in elections and to maintain the credibility and
legitimacy of the electoral process. It also advocates necessary constitutional, legislative and other
political reforms necessary to build and consolidate Philippine democracy. (IPER, 2005) It is a non-
governmental organization that partners with United Nation’s global development network. This NGO
pioneers for a genuine democratization of governance and citizen empowerment. The researchers intend
to trace and analyze the political party system reforms in the Philippines in local and national institutions.
The researchers will elucidate information through crafted specific questions that answers the objectives
that were stated in this paper. Institute of political and electoral reform have programs and activities that
are about the Philippine political party system such as Consortium for political party reforms (CPPR) core
group that work group meetings. The said NGO is a qualified respondent for this paper because they have
influence in the development of the Political party system reforms in the Philippines. To further know
their challenges and dynamics on Political party system reforms the researchers will reach out to the said
institution through a formal email requesting for an approval on answering the questions that the
researchers set up. The researchers can only acquire the needed information through online interaction
because they are based in Manila City and is also a national institution.