Adelino Sitoy

{{Short description|Filipino lawyer, politician, and regional language advocate (1936–2021)}}

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| name = Adelino B. Sitoy

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| image = Secretary Adelino “Addy” Sitoy PLLO portait (Secsitoy).jpg

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| office = Secretary of Presidential Legislative Liaison Office

| term_start = September 2016

| term_end = April 15, 2021

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| successor = Luzverfeda Estepa Pascual

| office1 = Mayor of Cordova

| term_start1 = June 30, 2007

| term_end1 = June 30, 2016

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| successor1 = Mary Therese Cho

| office2 = Vice Mayor of Cordova

| term_start2 = June 30, 2016

| term_end2 = September 2016

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| office3 = Member of the Batasang Pambansa from Cebu

| term_start3 = July 23, 1984

| term_end3 = March 25, 1986

| alongside3 = Emerito Calderon, Nenita Cortes-Daluz, Ramon Durano III, Regalado Maambong and Luisito Patalinjug

| birth_name = Adelino Baguio Sitoy

| birth_date = {{birth date|1936|02|06}}

| birth_place = Cebu, Philippines

| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|04|15|1936|02|06}}

| death_place = Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines

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| children = 2, including Mary Therese

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| profession = Politician, lawyer

| party = Liberal (2012–2016)

| otherparty = Lakas–CMD (2008–2012)
KAMPI (2007–2008)
KBL (1984–1986)

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Adelino Baguio Sitoy (February 6, 1936 – April 15, 2021), also known as Addy Sitoy, was a Filipino politician, lawyer, and Cebuano language advocate from Cebu, Philippines. He served as a Secretary of the Presidential Legislative Liaison Office (PLLO) under the Duterte administration from September 2016 until his death. He was the elected vice mayor of Cordova, a position from which he resigned at the time of his appointment at the PLLO. The Duterte administration, in tribute upon his death, praised him for facilitating the passage of laws, but some lawmakers allegedly blamed his office for failing to provide timely coordination in forwarding certain pieces of legislation such as the bill for security of tenure (anti-endo) and coconut farmer trust fund, a bill which was vetoed and then later signed into law by Duterte. Sitoy reportedly claimed the office was not invited for meetings, and then he admitted that comments from the executive branch of the government on the bills were relayed late.{{Cite web|last=Andales|first=Vilma|date=April 15, 2021|title=Cabinet official Adelino Sitoy succumbs to cardiac arrest|url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/15/21/cabinet-official-adelino-sitoy-succumbs-to-cardiac-arrest|access-date=April 16, 2021|website=ABS-CBN News|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Adelino Sitoy, Duterte's liaison to Congress, dies|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/783940/adelino-sitoy-duterte-s-liaison-to-congress-dies/story/|access-date=April 16, 2021|website=GMA News Online|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Domingo|first=Katrina|date=September 15, 2020|title=Drilon seeks Palace legislative liaison's plan for better coordination with Congress|url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/15/20/drilon-seeks-pllo-plan-for-better-coordination-with-congress|access-date=April 16, 2021|website=ABS-CBN News|language=en}}

Sitoy was born on February 6, 1936.{{Cite web|date=April 15, 2021|title=Palace offers heartfelt sympathies over passing of PLLO chief Sitoy|url=https://mb.com.ph/2021/04/15/palace-offers-heartfelt-sympathies-over-passing-of-pllo-chief-sitoy/|access-date=April 16, 2021|website=Manila Bulletin|language=en-US}} After he obtained a law degree from University of San Carlos, he attended University of Southern Philippines for a master's degree. He had teaching position in various universities in Cebu and later became the dean of the College of Law of the University of Cebu from 2002 to 2007.{{Cite web|last=Romero|first=Alexis|title=Presidential Legislative Liaison Office chief Adelino Sitoy passes away|url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2021/04/15/2091531/presidential-legislative-liaison-office-chief-adelino-sitoy-passes-away|access-date=April 16, 2021|website=The Philippine Star}} From 1963 to 1969, he was Cebu City's prosecutor.{{Cite web|title=Presidential Legislative Liaison Office chief Sitoy dies |url=https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/04/15/news/presidential-legislative-liaison-office-chief-sitoy-dies/864196/|access-date=April 16, 2021|website=The Manila Times|language=en-US}} He also was voted to Cordova's legislative council, and to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Cebu (Cebu Provincial Board) from 1975 to 1984.{{Cite web|title=Presidential Legislative Liaison Office Secretary Adelino Sitoy dies|url=https://www.cnn.ph/news/2021/4/15/Adelino-Sitoy-dies.html|access-date=April 16, 2021|website=cnn|language=en}} During the regime of Ferdinand Marcos, he was an assemblyman from 1984 to 1986.{{Cite web|title=PLLO chief Adelino Sitoy passes away|url=https://www.rappler.com/nation/pllo-secretary-adelino-sitoy-dies|access-date=April 16, 2021|website=Rappler|date=April 15, 2021 |language=en}}{{Cite news|last=Aguilar|first=Krissy|date=April 15, 2021|title=PLLO chief Sitoy passes away —Palace|url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1419719/pllo-chief-sitoy-passes-away-palace|access-date=April 16, 2021|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|language=en}} He was elected mayor of Cordova from 2007 to 2016.

Known for his support for the regional language, Cebuano, he was the president of the writers' group Lubas sa Dagang Bisaya (Ludabi) and a founder of Akademiyang Bisaya, one of the organizations responsible for the publication of Cebuano-English dictionary.{{Cite web|date=April 15, 2021|title=Ex-Cordova mayor and Cebuano language advocate Addy Sitoy dies at 85|url=https://www.sunstar.com.ph//article/1891784/Cebu/Local-News/Ex-Cordova-mayor-and-Cebuano-language-advocate-Addy-Sitoy-dies-at-85|access-date=April 16, 2021|website=SunStar|language=English}}

He died of cardiac arrest on April 15, 2021, aged 85, a few days after he underwent angioplasty and weeks after he was positive with COVID-19.