Ernest Ramel
{{Short description|Filipino politician and party official of Aksyon}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Ernest Ramel
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| office = Chairman of the Aksyon Demokratiko
| term_start = August 12, 2021
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| predecessor = Herminio Aquino
| successor =
| office1 = Secretary General of the Aksyon Demokratiko
| term_start1 = 2013
| term_end1 = 2021
| predecessor1 = Herminio Aquino
| successor1 = Leon Flores III
| birth_date =
| birth_name = Ernesto M. Ramel, Jr.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = Aksyon Demokratiko
| education =
}}
Ernesto M. Ramel Jr. is a Filipino political party official who currently serves as chairman of Aksyon Demokratiko since August 12, 2021. Before serving as Aksyon's chairman, he formerly served as its secretary-general.{{Cite web |date=2021-08-12 |title=Isko Moreno elected Aksyon Demokratiko president |url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/elections/isko-moreno-elected-aksyon-demokratiko-president/ |access-date=2024-10-14 |website=RAPPLER |language=en-US}}
Profile
= Party official of Aksyon =
Ramel served as executive director, and later from 2013 as secretary-general of Aksyon Demokratiko. After the death of Herminio Aquino in 2021, Ramel was elected to replace Aquino's position, with Manila Mayor Isko Moreno elected as party president.{{Cite web |last=Atienza |first=Kyle Aristophere T. |date=2021-08-12 |title=Manila mayor voted president of Aksyon Demokratiko party |url=https://www.bworldonline.com/editors-picks/2021/08/12/388925/manila-mayor-voted-president-of-aksyon-demokratiko-party/ |access-date=2024-10-14 |website=BusinessWorld Online |language=en-US}} In the campaign team of Moreno, Ramel was tapped as spokesperson for party-related and election issues.{{cite news |title='Team Isko' taps 2 Manila councilors as new campaign spokespersons |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1555540/team-isko-taps-2-manila-councilors-as-new-campaign-spokespersons |last=Escosio |first=Jan V. |date=February 16, 2022 |access-date=February 20, 2022 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer}}
= Calling out Marcos' Php 203B estate tax =
While in the middle of 2022 presidential elections, Ramel and Moreno's campaign manager Lito Banayo called out the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to collect the Php 203 billion unpaid estate tax of Bongbong Marcos, Moreno's opponent.{{Cite web |last=CASILAO |first=JOAHNA LEI |date=2022-03-21 |title=Aksyon Demokratiko: Aside from P203B, gov’t may also lose P125B ill-gotten wealth if Bongbong wins |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/825780/aksyon-demokratiko-aside-from-p203b-gov-t-may-also-lose-p125b-ill-gotten-wealth-if-bongbong-wins/story/ |access-date=2024-10-14 |website=GMA News Online |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Cayabyab |first=Marc Jayson |date=March 18, 2022 |title=BIR confirms demanding P203.8 billion in taxes from Marcos |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/03/18/2168050/bir-confirms-demanding-p2038-billion-taxes-marcos |access-date=2024-10-14 |website=Philstar.com}} He also stated that BIR sent letters to Marcos, and also called out the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) about the issue.{{Cite news |last=Nepomuceno |first=Priam |date=April 22, 2022 |title=BIR urged to continue efforts vs. P203-B estate tax |url=https://pna.gov.ph/articles/1172711 |work=Philippine News Agency}}{{Cite web |last=Mendoza |first=John Eric |date=2022-03-10 |title=Isko Moreno’s camp to PCGG: Is there a deal on unpaid P203B estate tax of Marcoses? |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1566585/isko-morenos-camp-to-pcgg-is-there-a-deal-on-unpaid-p203b-estate-tax-of-marcoses |access-date=2024-10-14 |website=INQUIRER.net |language=en}} BIR later confirmed that they send a demand letter to Marcos. Marcos camp later said that the case is still pending and only an "all-political" issue. Aksyon rejected those statement by the Marcos camp.{{Cite web |last=DOCTOR |first=MEL MATTHEW |date=2022-03-27 |title=Marcos camp: P203-B tax issue still unresolved in court; ‘lies,’ says Aksyon Demokratiko |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/826488/marcos-camp-p203-b-tax-issue-still-unresolved-in-court/story/ |access-date=2024-10-14 |website=GMA News Online |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=DOCTOR |first=MEL MATTHEW |date=2022-03-30 |title=Marcos party: P23-B estate tax is final, penalties still unresolved |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/826835/marcos-party-p23-billion-estate-tax-is-final-penalties-still-unresolved/story/ |access-date=2024-10-14 |website=GMA News Online |language=en}} Later, PCGG stated that the decision of the court was final and executory.{{Cite web |last=Sarao |first=Zacarian |date=2022-03-15 |title=PCGG: Judgment on Marcos family’s estate tax case final and executory |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1568831/pcgg-judgment-on-marcos-familys-estate-tax-case-final-and-executory |access-date=2024-10-14 |website=INQUIRER.net |language=en}}