INITIAL LIST OF PARTYLISTS WITH LINKS TO THE ARROYOADMINISTRATION by Kontra Daya (March 28, 2010)

PARTYLIST NAME

DESCRIPTION

NOMINEES

Ang Galing Pinoy

A national party claiming torepresent security guards,tricylce drivers and vendors.Formerly known as GuardiansAnti-Crime Pro-PeopleOrganization, a political armof the Guardians group .First nominee is Pampanga congressman andpresidential son Mikey Arroyo. Second nominee isLubao Mayor Dennis Pineda and third nominee isBacolor Mayor Romeo “Buddy” Dungca. All threeare elected officials from Pampanga and membersof the ruling coalition Lakas-Kampi.

1-Utak

Partylist of the transportsectorFirst nominee is former Energy Secretary AngeloReyes. Reyes has defended the oil deregulationlaw and the oil companies on many occasions.These issues pit Reyes against the very sector henow claims to represent.Second nominee is former LTFRB official, lawyerVigor Mendoza who is also their currentrepresentative in Congress.

Ang Kasangga

Partylist claims to representsmall entrepreneurs. Itscurrent representative is Ma.Lourdes Arroyo, sister of FirstGentleman Mike Arroyo.Ang Kasangga’s new first nominee is businessmanTeodorico T. Haresco who, as one website says, “isprimarily known for his involvement in thePresident’s Bridge Program, a sustainedinfrastructure and fast-track rural developmentproject spanning over 14 years.” Haresco also sitson the Board of Directors of the PNOC and headsvarious corporations with partnerships with foreignbusinesses.In December 2005, British newspaper TheGuardian ran an article about a British firm“accused of making excessive profits in an aidproject, by building what their critics call bridges tonowhere”. The Guardian cited Haresco, of thePresident’s Bridges Program, as the Philippinecontact of the British firm.Second nominee is Eugenio Jose V. Lacson, threeterm mayor of San Carlos City, Negros Occidentaland a member of the Nationalist People’s Coalition(NPC) – United Negros Alliance. Last Jan.21, heendorsed the candidacy of admin bet GilbertTeodoro. Lacson is also a major stockholder of

Fidelity Stock Transfers, Inc. ATR Kim Eng FinancialCorp according to a March 31, 2007 stockholders report.

Third nominee is Anna Maria Nava , the wife of current Guimaras Gov. Felipe Nava.Fourth nominee is Enrique V. Martin a BoardMember of the Capiz provincial government.Fifth nominee Segundo M. Gaston is the SeniorVice President for support and subsidiaries of thePhilippine National Construction Corp. (PNCC)

Batang Iwas Droga(BIDA)

BIDA was earlier assailed bywatchdog Kontra Daya for beingineligible for partylistaccreditation because it is agovernment funded and initiatedentity. In its website, BIDA saysit is the brainchild of PAGCORchair Efraim Genuino.

Batang Iwas Droga has Sheryl Genuino-See, daughter of PAGCOR chairman Efraim Genuino, as its firstnominee. Sheryl See was also a previous nominee of Bigkis Pinoy, a partylist also affiliated with PAGCOR’sGenuino.

The second nominee of BIDA, businessman JohhnyTan, was also a previous nominees of the partylistgroup Bigkis Pinoy.It is not clear when See and Tan resigned fromBigkis Pinoy to become nominees of BIDA.BIDA’s fifth nominee appears to be SpecialProsecutor Dennis Villa-Ignacio, who is presently anominee for the Chief Justice’s position.

KABAYAN

The group claims to representtransport workers, farmersand fisherfolk, persons withdisabilities, senior citizens,anti-crime crusaders, overseasFilipino workers, governmentworkers, industrial workers,urban and rural poor, migrantworkers and seafarers, andstudents, youth andprofessionals.KABAYAN has Palace exec Ron Salo as firstnominee. Salo was undersecretary under the Officeof the Executive Secretary of Eduardo Ermita in2009 Salo was with the Presidential LegislativeLiaison Office before moving to the OES.

PACYAW

Partylist claims to representurban poor youth. PACYAWis advocating sportsdevelopment among theyouth.The partylist group Pilipino Association forCountry / Urban Poor Youth Advancement andWelfare (PACYAW) has as its first nomineeDepartment of Tourism Asst. Secretary Janet RitaB. Lazatin. She is a member of the Lakas-CMDparty and hails from the first district of Pampanga.Its second nominee is businessman and former LosAngeles Consul Reynaldo Pineda, who is alsobased in Pampanga.

Association of Labor and Employees(ALE)

Partylist claims to representworkers.Association of Labor and Employees (ALE) hasPampanga provincial board member,businesswoman and known Arroyo ally CatalinaBagasina as its first nominee. Bagasina owns acargo forwarding company.Erlinda M.B. De Leon, Ms Arroyo's first cousin, isits second nominee. De Leon, according to theOffice of the President's website, served as aspecial assistant to the President.

Abot Tanaw

Gerwyn See is the first nominee of partylist groupAbot Tanaw. Gerwyn is the husband of Sheryl G.See (BIDA nominee) and son-in-law of PAGCORchair Efraim Genuino. Its second nominee is MarioCornista who also happens to be the chair of theboard of directors of BIDA, according to their SECregsitration submittedin 2003.Both BIDA and Abot Tanaw are associated withPAGCOR’s Genuino.9.

APOI Partylist

Claims to support the cause of overseas Filipino workers.Describes itself in its websiteas “an accredited organizationof the Department of Laborand Employment...via alinkage with the Sentro ngManggagawang Pinoy for aprogram organized by thePOEA and OWWA.”APOI Partylist first nominee is Maj. Gen. MelchorRosales, the administrator of the Office of CivilDefense and also a DILG undersecretary.

10.

BANTAY TrueMarcos Loyalists

Claims to represent securityguards, barangay tanods etc.Current representative is Gen.Jovito Palparan who has beenlinked to many human rightsabuses under the Arroyoadministration.First nominee is Evangeline Palparan, wife of Gen.Jovito Palparan. Mrs. Palparan is a dentist in theAFP Dental Service. While Gen. Palparan may berunning for a Senate seat, we can safely say that hewill retain influence over BANTAY partylist.11.

Aangat Tayo

Partylist group led by TeddieElson Rivera, an official of the state-owned PhilippineInternational TradingCorporation. Claims torepresent labor, urban poor,elderly, women, youth, andthe overseas workersAangat Tayo’s nominee, Rep. Daryl Grace Abayonis the wife of Rep. Harlin Castillo Abayon (Lakas)of Northern Samar