r8 WEDNESDAY / MAy15,2oj

.. WWW.INQUIRER.NE

t Jovic Yee
ffi
s:ll,::i""'f'"fiii"i
(ff$ Representatives
have either aligned
th the Duterte administratidn
rring the campaign or whose
vocacies have been ques-
rned bypoll watchdogs.
on partial ahd
. _Based
cial results as of 2:5o p.m.
Tuesday, Anticrime and
ism through community
volvement and Support (ACT_ in-law of speciaj envov to
CIS).had received more than
million, or 9.42 percent, of
total votes cast for the party
sYstem.
ACT-CIS, backed by Davao group,ssecond nominee.
^. Mayor- Sara Duterte, is
City
unoffi- seats in ttte House since a sidgle
Ang Probinsyano.
on seat requires that a srouD set at
Probinsyano Ako, also landed as maker with a reported n€
one of t}Ie top 10 party lis t groups. worth ofPT billion.
Terror- leait z percent of th;t"tj ;"t*. Banking on star power
In- -."r, tlii ii" rirr".
.
Outgoing tlocos Norte Rep. Rudy Presideni Duterte
rnii Election watchdog group alsr
Fariias' son" Rudys Caesar, is the gained another ally in the Hou$
China Kontra Daya has put Ang probin- group's frSt nominee. .with the apparent win ln th
2.5 Ramon Tujfo *if" ;l;;;:
the nalist Raffy "ndi, fii."fv t'o U"
fuff"
syano under scrutiny because its
entire,campaign practically
Construction magnate and
incumbent tpacman
iarty list race of Ang Marino.
list come a member of rt; i;;;; 'banked on the popularity Rep. The group has vowed ti
June. Jocelyn Tulfo is the
of Co-
co Martin and yasai pressman,
Michael Romero is also. seen to push for policies supportive o
', land another three-year terni. the administration's program
lead actors of the TV s€ries of His group :obtained close to andagenda.
as-
Also able to get at least 7 the same,:hedib aS the party list Too,ooo votes.
:

sured of the maximum three percent of the t"otal votes is A similafly named entity, Rc,mero is the richest lav;, ,,-fJ.' il"lii" :frilil; ii
o q{;
FrA * AP' Ne.yr FAqc Fut..-)
(r)
 A$

claimihg to r€present the.

marginalized and .underrepre-
sented sectors was able to
spend so much money just to
ads Mr. Duterie's endorsement prop up its campaign.
' '
In the Malabayan bloc, only "lt's an anomalous situation
Bayan Muna cracked the Top 10. whereyou claim to be marginal-
Gabriela and ACT Teachers ized yet you have money to
are so far among ttle top 20 bufn sdtospeak,,,he said.
groups, but both have yet to Arao said that since these
garner 2 percent of .the total groups .were poised to gain
votes. power, the pubtic should be vig-
- ilant and lvatch their track
" , t
Hijacked record to keep them account-
Kontra Daya convener Dani- able, especially to the people
lo Arao told the Inquirer on Jhey ctaim to represent. - -
Txesday that it was "unaccept- "We should promote a cul_
able" that the party list race was ture of coristruitive criticism- y'
being hijacked and won by The people deserve nothing '
moneyed groups and those that less. We should remain vigilant
had the baaking ofpoliticians. and scrutinize their -track
Arao wondered how a group record," he said. Ne

t' Fr.lqr ^
A&tt
{q,_)