Abono Partylist
{{short description|Political party in the Philippines}}
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| sector = Agriculture and other marginalized populations
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| ideology = La Union regionalism
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| representatives = Robert Raymond Estrella
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Abono ({{Translation|fertilizer}}){{cite news |title=Marginalized? Abono, 1-Pacman, Ako Bicol are biggest ad spenders among party-list groups |url=https://www.rappler.com/nation/elections/abono-1-pacman-ako-bicol-biggest-ad-spenders-among-party-list-groups-2022-polls/ |access-date=1 June 2022 |work=Rappler |date=8 May 2022}} 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.{{cite web |title=Hon. Vini Nola Alviar Ortega - Advocacies |url=https://launion.gov.ph/index.php/abono-partylist/ |access-date=11 May 2020}} The chair and treasurer of Abono is Rosendo O. So.
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.{{Cite web |last=Lando |first=Roy |date=2019-12-12 |title=Conrado Estrella III Biography - PeoPlaid Profile, ABONO Nominee |url=https://peoplaid.com/2019/12/12/conrado-estrella-iii/ |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=PeoPlaid |language=en-US}} Estrella was formerly a Pangasinense lawyer before becoming a nominee of the party-list, later becoming a Representative.{{Cite web |last=Domingo |first=Katrina |date=8 June 2022 |title=ABONO Party-list solon follows grandfather's footsteps as Marcos Jr's agrarian reform chief |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/6/23/marcos-ph-won-t-instigate-wars-nor-yield-to-any-foreign-power-1135 |access-date=23 June 2024 |website=ABS-CBN}}
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.{{Cite web |last=Mercado |first=Neil Arwin |date=2022-06-08 |title=Bongbong Marcos picks Clarita Carlos as nat’l security adviser, Conrado Estrella as DAR chief |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1608251/bongbong-marcos-picks-clarita-carlos-as-natl-security-adviser-conrado-estrella-as-dar-chief |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=INQUIRER.net |language=en}}
Electoral performance
Representatives to Congress
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| Period
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| 14th Congress 2007–2010 |
| 15th Congress 2010–2013 |
| 16th Congress 2013–2016 |
| 17th Congress 2016–2019 |Vini Nola Ortega |
| 18th Congress 2019–2022 |{{N/A}} |
| 19th Congress 2022–2025 |{{N/A}} |
| 20th Congress 2025–2028 |{{N/A}} |
| colspan=3| Note: A party-list group, can win a maximum of three seats in the House of Representatives. |
Controversies
{{See also|Conrado Estrella III#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.
In 2024, the partylist's president, Umingan, Pangasinan councilor Ponciano Onia Jr., was shot dead in an ambush.{{Cite web |date=2024-12-08 |title=Incumbent Pangasinan councilor shot dead |url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/luzon/incumbent-pangasinan-councilor-ponciano-onia-jr-death/ |access-date=2024-12-08 |website=Rappler |language=en-US |archive-date=December 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241208172231/https://www.rappler.com/philippines/luzon/incumbent-pangasinan-councilor-ponciano-onia-jr-death/ |url-status=live }}
References
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{{Philippine political parties}}
Category:Politics of Pangasinan
Category:Party-lists represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Category:Regionalist parties in the Philippines
Category:Agrarian parties in the Philippines
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