Ang Probinsyano Party-list

The Alyansa ng mga Mamamayang Probinsyano, also known as the Ang Probinsyano Party-list (APPL) is political organization which has party-list representation in the House of Representatives of the Philippines as of the 18th Congress.

Ang Probinsyano Party-list
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Green (formerly; 2019 elections)
Seats in the House of Representatives
2 / 303
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The group seeks representation of farmers, fishers and other marginalized groups in the provinces or rural areas of the Philippines.[1]

Electoral history

2019 elections
Further information: 2019 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Ang Probinsyano sought representation for the first time when it ran in the 2019 mid-term elections.[2] The partylist group seeks to represent the concerns of those residing in therural areas of the Philippines. Its campaign was supported by Coco Martin and Yassi Pressman. The two were known for their acting roles in the ABS-CBN television series Ang Probinsyano which shares the name with the partylist group.[3]

Angelo Palmones former representative of AGHAM Partylist made a bid for the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to stop the proclamation of Ang Probinsyano on the grounds that it allegedly took undue advantage of naming themselves after Ang Probinsyano for name recall. Palmones argues that this gave the partylist, 1,210 minutes of indirect exposure from February 12 until April 5 (from the official start of the campaign season to the date when Palmones' petition was filed) and also took note the endorsement of two of the series' lead actors. The Section 9 of Comelec Resolution 10488 limits campaign advertisements for national candidates to 120 minutes for television which Palmones argues the partylist and ABS-CBN violated.[4]

Ang Probinsyano was among the 51 winning partylist groups proclaimed by the Comelec. It secured 2 seats in the House of Representatives.[5]

Controversy

Ang Probinsyano party-list representative Alfredo de los Santos figured in an incident in Albay that saw him punch a waiter "for no apparent reason".[6] The party-list has since then probed the incident.[7] and de los Santos himself has since then apologized for the incident.[8]

Representatives to Congress
Period 1st Representative 2nd Representative 3rd Representative
18th Congress[9]
2019–2022		 Alfred delos Santos Ronnie Ong N/A
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References
  1. "About". Facebok (in Filipino). Ang Probinsyano Party-list. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  2. "Ang Probinsyano party-list probes congressman in assault incident". CNN Philippines. 11 July 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  3. "Yassi Pressman joins Ang Probinsyano party-list youth arm". The Manila Times. 8 April 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  4. Ong, Ghio (18 May 2019). "Comelec asked to stop proclamation of Ang Probinsyano party-list". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  5. Patinio, Ferdinand (22 May 2019). "51 winning party-list groups proclaimed". Philippine News Agency. Philippine News Agency. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  6. "Ang Probinsyano representative punches restaurant employee in Albay". CNN Philippines. July 11, 2019. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  7. "Ang Probinsyano party-list probes congressman in assault incident". CNN Philippines. July 11, 2019. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  8. Diaz, Jess (July 13, 2019). "Lawmaker apologizes for punching waiter". The Philippine Star. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  9. "House Members: Partylist Representatives". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
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