It has been plagued by party infighting, which has led to delay in its nominees taking their seats in the House of Representatives.

Coalition of Associations of Senior Citizens in the Philippines was accredited as a partylist by the Commission on Elections on March 16, 2007.

[4] In the 15th Congress, the party was able to pass the law requiring that senior citizens have their own polling precincts.

One list had Godofredo Arquiza and Milagros Magsaysay as its top two nominees, while the other had Francisco Datol Jr. and Amelia Olegario.

[17] By late November, after the 18th Congress had convened, its leaders asked the Commission on Elections to release the Certificates of Proclamations to Senior Citizens and Duterte Youth.

Both parties had unresolved internal disputes, with Senior Citizens still unable to declare their first nominee.

[18] By December 4, over five months since Congress first convened, Majority Leader Martin Romualdez announced that they had received a Certificate of Proclamation for Datol, who was sworn in on the same day.