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.