COMELEC proclaims Party-list winners

DAVAO CITY — The Commission on Elections  (Comelec) on Thursday proclaimed the winners from the fifty-four (54) the party-list winners in the May, 2022 national and local elections.

Topping the list of winners from Party-list group include the Anti-Crime and Terrorism Community Involvement and Support Partylist or ACT-CIS  which secured the top spot having three seats at the House of Representatives.

ACT-CIS, the party-list group backed by broadcaster-brothers Erwin and Senator-elect Raffy Tulfo, obtained over 2.1 million votes or around 5.7% of the total national vote.

Other party-list which secured more than one seat include: 1-Rider, Tingog, 4Ps, Ako Bicol, and Sagip won two seats each.

ACT-CIS, whose nominees are Edvic Yap, Jocelyn Tulfo and Jeffrey Soriano, earlier said they want more involvement in Congress.

Other winning party-list group includes: AKO BICOL (Ako Bicol Political Party); SAGIP (Social Amelioration & Genuine Intervention On Poverty); ANG PROBINSIYANO (Alyansa Ng Mga Mamamayang Probinsyano); USWAG ILONGGO (Uswag Ilonggo Party);  TUTOK TO WIN (Tutok To Win); CIBAC (Citizen’s Battle Against Corruption); Senior Citizens Partylist (Coalition Of Associations Of Senior Citizens In The Philippines, Inc.); DUTERTE YOUTH (Duterte Youth Party-List); AGIMAT (Agimat Ng Masa);  KABATAAN (Kabataan Partylist); MARINO (Marino Samahan Ng Mga Seaman, Inc.); AKO BISAYA (Ako Bisaya Partylist); ANGAT (Agrikultura Ngayon Gawing Akma At Tama): PROBINSYANO AKO (Probinsyano Ako); LPGMA (LPG Marketers Association, Inc.); ABANTE, GABRIELA (Gabriela Women’s Party); CWS (Construction Workers Solidarity: AGRI (Agri-Agra Na Reporma Para Sa Magsasaka Ng Pilipinas); P3PWD (Komunidad Ng Pamilya Pasyente At Persons With Disabilities); AN WARAY (An Waray Party List); AKO ILOCANO AKO; KALINGA (Kalinga-Advocacy For Social Empowerment And Nation-Building Through Easing Poverty, Inc.);

Other winning party list include: AGAP (Agricultural Sector Alliance Of The Philippines); KUSUG TAUSUG; COOP NATCCO (Coop Natcco Party-List); MALASAKIT@BAYANIHAN ( Malasakit At Bayanihan Foundation, Inc.); BHW (Barangay Health Wellness Party); GP PARTY (Galing Sa Puso Party); BH (BAGONG HENERASYON); ACT TEACHERS (Act Teachers Party-List) ; BICOL SARO (Bicol Saro); TGP (Talino At Galing Ng Pinoy); UNITED SENIOR CITIZEN (United Senior Citizens Koalition Ng Pilipinas, Inc.); DUMPER PTDA (Dumper Philippines Taxi Drivers Association, Inc.); PINUNO (Pinatatag Na Ugnayan Para Sa Mga Oportunidad Sa Pabahay Ng Masa); ABANG LINGKOD (Abang Lingkod Inc.); ABONO (Abono Partylist); PBA (Puwersa Ng Bayaning Atleta); ANAKALUSUGAN (Alagaan Natin Ating Kalusugan); OFW (One Filipinos Worldwide Coalition Partylist); KABAYAN (Kabalikat Ng Mamamayan); MAGSASAKA (Magkakasama Sa Sakahan Kaunlaran); APEC (Association Of Philippine Electric Cooperatives); 1-PACMAN (1-Patriotic Coalition Of Marginalized Nationals Inc.) PUSONG PINOY (Pusong Pinoy) and MANILA TEACHERS (Manila Teacher’s Savings And Loan Association, Inc.: among others

The 1987 Constitution created the party list as a system of proportional representation where various kinds of organizations, including those representing marginalized sectors – such as laborers, peasants, urban poor, indigenous peoples, women, and youth – could participate.

But lately, the party list system has become a vehicle for some wealthy families to field their own children under the guise of party-list representation.