Abono Partylist | |
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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.
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 | ||
2022 | 288,752 | 0.78% | 1 |
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]
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]
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.