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Comelec urged to investigate 40 party-lists
By KIMBERLY JANE TAN, GMANews.TV
Multi-sectoral poll watchdog Kontra Daya has asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to investigate nominees of 40 party-lists which supposedly do not represent marginalized and underrepresented sectors. Some government officials, police and military officials, and big-time businessmen were taking advantage of the party-list system to snag a seat in Congress, Kontra Daya said in a letter to Comelec Law Department head Ferdinand Rafanan. "We believe that it was not the intent of the law to have the powerful and influential to arrogate upon themselves the job of representing the marginalized and underrepresented," said the group. Comelec Resolution 8807 requires party-list nominees to "belong" to the marginalized and underrepresented sector, sectoral party, organization, political party, or coalition they seek to represent. Nominees need to submit proof that they advance interests of the sector — either through declarations, speeches, written articles — as well as certification that they are members of the organization 90 days prior to election day. The guidelines also require nominees to be capable of contributing to the "formulation and enactment of appropriate legislation that will benefit the nation as a whole." The two new requirements are an addition to the party-list nominee qualifications already required by the law. Party-list nominees must be
- natural born citizens of the Philippines
- registered voters
- residents of the Philippines for at least one year
- able to read and write
- bona fide members of the party which they seek to represent for at least 90 days before the elections
- at least twenty-five years old on the day of the election
| PARTY-LIST | NOMINEES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st Kabagis | “widening the segments of economic development" | - second nominee is Jose Singson, Jr, brother of National Security adviser Chavit Singson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1-Utak | commuters, drivers, transport sector | -first nominee is former Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes - second nominee is former LTFRB official, lawyer Vigor Mendoza. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Aangat Tayo | labor, urban poor, elderly, women, youth, and the overseas workers | Rep. Daryl Grace Abayon, wife of Rep. Harlin Castillo Abayon (Lakas) of Northern Samar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abante Tribung Makabansa (ATM) | indigenous peoples (was endorsed by presidential adviser for Mindanao Jesus Dureza) | - first nominee is former Army Col. Allen A. Capuyan. Capuyan was among those implicated by former T/Sgt. Vidal Doble in the “Hello Garci" controversy. According to Doble, Capuyan was among those who implemented “Project Lighthouse" or the wiretapping of personalities during his stint as head of the Intelligence Service of the AFP’s ‘special operations group’. -second nominee is Reuben Dasay A. Lingating, a former official of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP). He is a program officer of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abono Partylist | the agricultural sector | Robert Raymund Estrella and Franciso Ortega III, who hail from the prominent Estrella and Ortega political clans. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abot Tanaw | - first nominee is Gerwyn See. He and wife Sheryl See are the Philippine master franchise owners of the Mrs. Fields Cookie Cafe chain - second nominee is Mario Cornista, a PAGCOR consultant who also happens to be the chair of the board of directors of BIDA, according to their SEC regsitration. - third nominee is Tomas Toledo, also a PAGCOR consultant. Both BIDA and Abot Tanaw are associated with PAGCOR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ABROAD | speedier process for Filipinos seeking work abroad and combating illegal recruitment | first two nominees are Danilo Magsino Dy and Angela C. Dy. Danilo Dy is the president of Montessori Professional College. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AGILA ng Katutubong Pilipino | indigenous peoples (Baguio-based) | Nominees include MWSS administrator Orlando Hondrade and former QC councilor Restituto Malañgen. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ahon Pinoy | - rights and welfare of overseas Filipino workers and their families as well as organizations of expatriates and immigrants | - first nominee is Dante “Klink" Ang II, son of publisher Dante Ang, who also heads the Presidential Commission on Overseas Filipinos - second nominee is Emerito Remulla from the influential Remulla clan of Cavite - third nominee is Von Bryan Cuerpo, son of Rodriguez, Rizal Mayor Pedro Cuerpo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AKO BIKOL | -progress and development of the Bicol Region. (its officers include a Dr. Dennis Rebueno of the Commission of Higher Education) | -first nominee is big businessman Elizalde Co - second nominee is outgoing Legazpi mayor Noel Rosal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alagad | urban poor | - Sergio Manzana, mayor of Pangil, Laguna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alliance of Bicolnon Party | -the Bicol Region | - father-and-son tandem of architects Enrique Olonan and Henry Steve Olonan. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alliance of Mindanao Elders (AME) | senior citizens | - first nominee is Alfonso Goking, a councilor of Cagayan de Oro City who is a member of the Lakas-Kampi coalition | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alliance of People's Organization (APO) | | -first nominee is former Ilocos representative Salacnib Baterina -third nominee is Anna Marie Ablan, daughter of Ilocos Norte Rep. Roque Ablan Jr. | Alliance of Transport Sector | -transport sector | - four of its five nominees are government officials -first is Philippine Postal Savings Bank President and former Transportation and Communication Asst. Secretary Virgilio Montera. The rest of the nominees – Jaime Domdom, Leticia Gorospe, and Leopoldo Villarena – are all officials of the DOTC's Office of Transport Cooperatives. | ALMA sa Pagkahikahos at Pagkaignoransiya | - small farmers and fisherfolk, as well as the rural and urban poor - constituency supposedly hails from Central and Northern Luzon. | -second nominee is Rodolfo Vicerra, director-general of the Congressional Planning and Budget Department of the 14th Congress of the Philippines. | ANAD | - security guards and barangay tanods | - farther and son tandem of Pastor Alcover, Jr. and Pastor Alcover II. The elder Alcover has described himself as an “anti-communist vigilante" | ANAK | urban poor | - first two nominees are former Police Senior Superintendent Eduardo Octaviano, Jr. and “euro-general" Eliseo dela Paz | ANAK Kalusugan | health of Filipinos | - first nominee is Col. Ronald E. Kempis, a doctor and Commanding. Officer of the AFP Medical Center. Kempis held the position under Gilbert Teodoro and Norberto Gonzales, according to the Department of National Defense website. -fourth nominee is Mohammad Ali Basir Lucman Magurang, a presidential assistant. | Ang Agrikultura Natin Isulong (AANI) | -first nominee is Roberto V. Rodriguez, mayor of Taytay, Palawan. -third is Jose Umadhay, an executive of the Philippine Phosphate Fertilizers Corporation (Philphos). -fifth nominee is Fiorello E. Azura, is a senior partner of the Azura Quiroz & Campos Law Offices, which represents Philphos | Ang Galing Pinoy | security guards, tricylce drivers and vendors. (formerly known as Guardians Pro-People Security Force.) | -first nominee is Pampanga congressman and presidential son Mikey Arroyo. -second nominee is Lubao Mayor Dennis Pineda -third nominee is Bacolor Mayor Romeo “Buddy" Dungca. All three are elected officials from Pampanga and members of the ruling coalition Lakas-Kampi. | Ang Kasangga | small entrepreneurs. (current representative is Ma. Lourdes Arroyo, sister of First Gentleman Mike Arroyo) | - first nominee is businessman Teodorico T. Haresco, who also sits on the Board of Directors of the PNOC. -second nominee is Eugenio Jose V. Lacson, a scion of the affluent Lacson clan of Negros and a former mayor of San Carlos City, Negros Occidental -third nominee is Anna Maria Nava, wife of current Guimaras Gov. Felipe Nava. -fourth nominee is Enrique V. Martin, a board member of the Capiz provincial government -fifth nominee is Segundo M. Gaston, senior vice president for support and subsidiaries of the Philippine National Construction Corp. (PNCC) | Ang Mata'y Alagaan | -third nominee is Chief Presidential Legal Counsel and former Sandiganbayan Justice Raoul Victorino | APOI | overseas Filipino workers | - first nominee is Maj. Gen. Melchor Rosales, administrator of the Office of Civil Defense and current DILG executive - fourth nominee is Katherine Mari S. Garcia, lawyer for the Puno & Puno Law Offices | ARARO | farmers | - first nominee is former PNP Regional 3 chief PC/Supt Quirino dela Torre | Association of Labor and Employees | Workers | - first nominee is board member and businesswoman Catalina Bagasina - second nominee is Erlinda M.B. de Leon, Ms Arroyo's first cousin. De Leon, according to the Office of the President's website, served as a special assistant to the President - third nominee is Ma. Michaela D. Magtoto, operations manager of the Prime Review Center. | BAGO | -the Bago tribe of Region I. | -third nominee is B/Gen. Manuel E. Mariano, Jr. who was the Asst. Division Commander of the 7th Infantry Division, Philippine Army, in 2008 | Bagong Henerasyon (BH) | youth and women | - first two nominees are former Quezon City councilor Bernadette Herrera-Dy and husband businessman Edgar Allan D. Dy | Bandila (Bagong Bayan na Nagtataguyod ng Demokratikong Ideyelohiya at Layunin) | -Nilo Tayag, a former activist who went into detention during the Martial Law. He supported President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s “People’s Initiative" to charter change campaign in 2006 -actor Juan Miguel Bondoc, who hails from a family of wealthy businessmen and who owns several businesses including the Benedictine International School of Quezon City. | BANTAY True Marcos Loyalists | security guards, barangay tanods(current representative is Gen. Jovito Palparan) | -first nominee is Evangeline Palparan, wife of Gen. Jovito Palparan | Batang Iwas Droga (BIDA) | - anti-drugs | -first nominee is Sheryl Genuino-See, daughter of PAGCOR chairman Efraim Genuino. Sheryl See was also a previous nominee of Bigkis Pinoy, a partylist also affiliated with PAGCOR’s Genuino. -fifth nominee is Special Prosecutor Dennis Villa-Ignacio, who is presently a nominee for the Chief Justice’s position | BUHAY | the unborn, the sick, the disabled and others not capable of protecting themselves alone, through observance of their basic right to live | - first and fifth nominees are Mariano Velarde , Jr. and father El Shaddai leader Bro. Mike Velarde. Mike Velarde also owns Amvel Land Development Corporation -William Irwin Tieng, whose family controls Solar Sports | Confederation of NON-STOCK Savings and Loan Association, Inc. (CONSLA) | savings and loan associations and their members | - former Air Force Col. Ricardo Nolasco, Jr., - former Navy Rear Admiral George T. Uy - former Col. Samuel Padilla. | Itenerant Vendors Alliance of the Philippines | Vendors | - third nominee is Manggay M. Guro, mayor of Marantao, Lanao del Sur | KABAYAN | - workers, farmers and fisherfolk, persons with disabilities, senior citizens, anti-crime crusaders, overseas Filipino workers, government workers, industrial workers, urban and rural poor, migrant workers and seafarers, and students, youth and professionals | - first nominee is Palace executive Ron Salo, who was undersecretary under the Office of the Executive Secretary of Eduardo Ermita in 2009. He was with the Presidential Legislative Liaison Office before moving to the OES. | PACYAW | - urban poor youth - sports development among the youth | - first nominee is Department of Tourism Asst. Secretary Janet Rita B. Lazatin, who is a member of the Lakas-CMD party and hails from the first district of Pampanga. second nominee is businessman and former Los Angeles Consul Reynaldo Pineda, who is also based in Pampanga. | Philippine Coconut Producers Federation (Cocofed) | landlords and farmers, as well as businessmen. | third nominee is Jose Lobregat, a scion of the wealthy Lobregat clan of Zamboanga, who also owns a cable TV company | SAGIP | - former police general Romeo Maganto | Sulong Barangay Movement | the “marginalized, the underprivileged, the underrepresented and the less fortunate people, workers and officials of the barangays" | - first nominee is businessman and former vice-presidential candidate and Tarlac Vice Governor Herminio Aquino, a grand-uncle of presidential candidate Noynoy Aquino | YES WE CAN | - first nominee is Maynard Lapid, son of Senator Lito Lapid - second nominee is Noah N. Nocon, kagawad of Brgy. San Lorenzo, Makati City | |
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