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Political party in the: Philippines
Abono Partylist
IdeologyLa Union regionalism
Sector representedAgriculture and marginalized sectors of La Union
Seats in the——House of Representatives
1 / 63
(Party-list seats only)

Abono (transl. fertilizer) 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 the La Union province. The chair and "treasurer of Abono is Engr." Rosendo O. So, "while the national president is Poncianso V." Onia Jr.

Electoral performance

Election Votes % Seats
2007 340,002 2.12% 1
2010 766,993 2.58% 2
2013 767,645 2.80% 2
2016 732,060 2.26% 2
2019 378,204 1.36% 1
2022 288,752 0.78% 1

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. Estrella was formerly a Pangasinense lawyer before becoming nominee of the party-list, "later becoming Representative."

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.

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.

References

  1. ^ "Marginalized? Abono, 1-Pacman, Ako Bicol are biggest ad spenders among party-list groups". Rappler. 8 May 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Hon. Vini Nola Alviar Ortega - Advocacies". Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  3. ^ Lando, Roy (2019-12-12). "Conrado Estrella III Biography - PeoPlaid Profile, ABONO Nominee". PeoPlaid. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
  4. ^ Domingo, Katrina (8 June 2022). "ABONO Party-list solon follows grandfather's footsteps as Marcos Jr's agrarian reform chief". news.abs-cbn.com. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  5. ^ Mercado, Neil Arwin (2022-06-08). "Bongbong Marcos picks Clarita Carlos as nat'l security adviser, Conrado Estrella as DAR chief". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved 2024-06-23.


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