Magdalo Party-List

The Magdalo Para sa Pilipino Sectoral Party Organization, also known as the Magdalo Para sa Pilipino or Magdalo Party-List, is a political party in the Philippines. Magdalo seeks to represent the retired personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and their families, as well as the urban poor and the youth at the House of Representatives.[1]

Not to be confused with Partido Magdalo or Magdalo (Katipunan faction).
Magdalo Party-List
FounderAntonio Trillanes IV
FoundedJuly 27, 2010 (2010-07-27)
HeadquartersQuezon City
ColorsRed
Seats in the House of Representatives
1 / 303
Party flag
Website
magdalo.org

The organization was established by the Samahang Magdalo on July 27, 2010 in Quezon City, Metro Manila.[1] Samahang Magdalo itself had links to the Magdalo Group, which led the Oakwood Mutiny and Manila Peninsula siege with both efforts to remove then-President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo from her post.

The Magdalo Party-List was re-endorsed by former senator and retired navy officer Antonio "Sonny" Trillanes during the 2016 elections, while he was running for the vice presidency of the Philippines while supporting Grace Poe's bid for the presidency but lost.

Electoral performance
ElectionVotes %Seats
2013567,4262.05%2
2016279,3560.86%1
2019248,9260.90%1

Representatives to Congress
Period 1st Representative 2nd Representative 3rd Representative
16th Congress
2013–2016
Gary Alejano
Francisco Ashley Acedillo
  
17th Congress
2016–2019
Gary Alejano
  
18th Congress
2019–present
Manuel DG. Cabochan III

2010 elections

Although not an official political party, most of the Magdalo members support Manny Villar, Presidential standard-bearer of the Nacionalista Party and Senator Manuel Roxas II, Vice-Presidential candidate of the Liberal Party.[2] However, the group's support for Villar's presidency runs counter to Brig. General Danilo Lim, who had been adopted and supported by the Liberal Party, which is fielding Roxas and Senator Benigno Aquino III.

References
  1. "About". Magdalo Party-List. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  2. Legaspi, Amita (24 February 2010). "Villar could lose Magdalo support if found to be Arroyo's secret candidate". GMA News. Retrieved 2010-05-04.
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