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Abono Partylist
Political party in the Philippines From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
As a party-list it intends to represent the agriculture and marginalized sector especially the population of La Union province.[2] The chair and treasurer of Abono is Rosendo O. So.
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Members
The Abono party list had one seat in the party-list sector of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, held by Conrado Estrella III.[3] Estrella was a Pangasinense lawyer before becoming a party-list 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]
Electoral performance
Representatives to Congress
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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]
In 2024, the partylist's president, Umingan, Pangasinan councilor Ponciano Onia Jr., was shot dead in an ambush.[6]
References
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