ACT-CIS Partylist
ChairmanErwin Tulfo
IdeologyPopulism
ColorsBlue
SloganAng Partylist ng mga Inaapi
(transl. The Partylist of the Oppressed)
Seats in the House of Representatives
3 / 63
(Party-list seats only)

The ACT-CIS Partylist, officially the Anti-Crime and Terrorism Community Involvement and Support Partylist,[1] is a political organization which has party-list representation in the House of Representatives of the Philippines. They are supported primarily by radio and television broadcasters brothers Raffy Tulfo and Erwin Tulfo.[2]

In the 2019 National Elections, ACT-CIS got the most number of votes in the party-list race with 2,651,987 votes.[3]

Electoral performance

Election Votes % Party-list seats
2013 377,165 1.36%
2 / 58
2016 109,300 0.34%
0 / 59
2019 2,651,987 9.51%
3 / 61
2022 2,111,091 5.74%
3 / 63

Representatives to Congress

Period 1st Representative 2nd Representative 3rd Representative
16th Congress
2013–2016 		Samuel Pagdilao Jr. — —
18th Congress
2019–2022 		Eric Yap
(also ad-interim caretaker of Legislative district of Benguet) 		Jocelyn Tulfo Rowena Niña Taduran
19th Congress
2022–2025 		Edvic G. Yap Jocelyn Tulfo Jeffrey Soriano
(2022–2023; resigned[4])
Erwin Tulfo
(2023–[5])

Criticism

Election watchdog Kontra Daya claims that representation of marginalized groups is not a function that ACT-CIS serves given that the group’s second nominee in 2019 Jocelyn Tulfo is the sister-in-law of Ramon Tulfo, the Philippine President's special envoy to China.[6] She also has ties with former tourism secretary Wanda Tulfo Teo, who was implicated in allegations of an anomalous government transaction, according to Kontra Daya.[6][7]

External links

References

  1. ^ Galvez, Daphne (May 20, 2019). "Comelec resumes canvassing, then suspends after no new COC transmission". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
  2. ^ "ACT-CIS widens lead over rivals in party-list race". Tempo. May 18, 2019. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
  3. ^ "Official COMELEC Website :: Commission on Elections".
  4. ^ Pinlac, Beatrice (February 22, 2023). "ACT-CIS party-list Rep. Jeffrey Soriano resigns". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
  5. ^ Pazzibugan, Dona; Aurelio, Julie (June 1, 2023). "Erwin Tulfo is fourth member of family to take oath as lawmaker". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
  6. ^ a b Tiangco, Minka Klaudia (May 11, 2019). "Kontra Daya warns against party-list groups that could easily afford political ads". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
  7. ^ Umil, Anne Marxze (May 9, 2019). "'Vote for party-list groups that represent marginalized, underrepresented' – Kontra Daya". Bulatlat. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
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