ACT-CIS Partylist

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]

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

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

ElectionVotes %Party-list seats
2013 377,1651.36%
2 / 58
2016 109,3000.34%
0 / 59
2019 2,651,9879.51%
3 / 61
2022 2,111,0915.74%
3 / 63

Representatives to Congress

Period 1st Representative 2nd Representative 3rd Representative
16th Congress
20132016
Samuel Pagdilao Jr.
18th Congress
20192022
Eric Yap
(also ad-interim caretaker of Legislative district of Benguet)
Jocelyn Tulfo Rowena Niña Taduran
19th Congress
20222025
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]

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. 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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