Abono Partylist Explained

Abono Partylist
Colorcode:
  1. EEE234
Ideology:La Union regionalism
Sector:Agriculture and marginalized sectors of La Union
House Seats: (Party-list seats only)

Abono [1] is a political organization in the Philippines which had party-list representation in the House of Representatives of the Philippines. In the May 14, 2007 election, the party won one seat in the nationwide party-list vote.

As a party-list it intends to represent the agriculture and marginalized sector especially the population of the La Union province.[2] The chair and treasurer of Abono is Engr. Rosendo O. So, while the national president is Poncianso V. Onia Jr.

Electoral performance

Election Votes % Seats
340,002 2.12% 1
766,993 2.58% 2
767,645 2.80% 2
732,060 2.26% 2
378,204 1.36% 1
2022288,7520.78%1

Members

The Abono party list has one seat in the Party-list sector of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, that belonging to Department of Agrarian Reform secretary Conrado Estrella III.[3] Estrella was formerly a Pangasinense lawyer before becoming a nominee of the party-list, later becoming a Representative.[4]

Ideology

The Abono Party-list believes Agriculturalism and Regionalism, believing that farmers should have more livelihood programs, and also believing to represent La Union in the House of Representatives of the Philippines.[5]

Controversies

In 2015, Estrella was one of the representatives charged for the Pork barrel scam, an alleged misuse of their Priority Development Assistance Fund, given to each representative.

Notes and References

  1. News: Marginalized? Abono, 1-Pacman, Ako Bicol are biggest ad spenders among party-list groups . 1 June 2022 . Rappler . 8 May 2022.
  2. Web site: Hon. Vini Nola Alviar Ortega - Advocacies . 11 May 2020.
  3. Web site: Lando . Roy . 2019-12-12 . Conrado Estrella III Biography - PeoPlaid Profile, ABONO Nominee . 2024-06-23 . PeoPlaid . en-US.
  4. Web site: Domingo . Katrina . 8 June 2022 . ABONO Party-list solon follows grandfather's footsteps as Marcos Jr's agrarian reform chief . 23 June 2024 . news.abs-cbn.com.
  5. Web site: Mercado . Neil Arwin . 2022-06-08 . Bongbong Marcos picks Clarita Carlos as nat’l security adviser, Conrado Estrella as DAR chief . 2024-06-23 . INQUIRER.net . en.