Abono (transl. fertilizer)[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.
Abono Partylist | |
|---|---|
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| Ideology | La Union regionalism |
| Sector represented | Agriculture and marginalized sectors of La Union |
| Seats in the House of Representatives | 1 / 63 (Party-list seats only)
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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
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.[2][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.[4]
References
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