Sanlakas

Sanlakas is a party-list organization in the Philippines. It is a progressive coalition of different marginalized sectors in the Philippines founded on October 29, 1993.[1]

This article is about the political group. For television show, see Sanlakas Kids.
Sanlakas Partylist
ChairmanMax Abalos
Founded29 October 1993
HeadquartersQuezon City
IdeologyProgressivism
Left-wing nationalism
Political positionLeft-wing
National affiliationLaban ng Masa
ColorsBlue

After topping the party-list tally in the National Capital Region,[2] Sanlakas won a seat in the House of Representatives in 1998,[3] the first party-list elections in the Philippines. Sanlakas won a seat in the lower house for the second time in 2001.[4]

Some of the notable affiliates of Sanlakas are Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino, Kongreso ng Pagkakaisa ng Maralita ng Lungsod (KPML), Aniban ng Manggagawa sa Agrikultura (AMA),[5] Zone One Tondo Organization (ZOTO),[6] Metro Manila Vendors' Alliance (MMVA),[7] Alliance of Transport Operators Member Intra-Cebu (ATOMIC),[8] Teachers' Dignity Coalition (TDC), Pagkakaisa ng mga Manggagawa sa Transportasyon (PMT), and Piglas-Kabataan.[9]

Track record

Known as an activist political party, Sanlakas constantly figures in protest actions against certain policies of the government like the Electric Power Industry Reform Act,[10] the Cybercrime Prevention Act,[11] the Mining Act of 1995,[12] among others.

Sanlakas was also a petitioner in several cases in the Supreme Court of the Philippines against Philippine laws and policies they deem detrimental to the welfare of the Filipino people like the Oil Deregulation Law,[13] and the declaration of a State of Rebellion during the time of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.[14]

Among the victims of the serial killings of political activists in the Philippines, during the Arroyo administration, are Sanlakas members like trade unionist Andrew Inoza,[15] peasant leader Frank Labial,[16] and revolutionary socialist Filemon Lagman. Lagman, one of the founders[17] of Sanlakas, is considered as the first prominent victim of political assassination under the presidency of Gloria Arroyo.[18]

Representatives to Congress[19]

2013 elections

The Philippine Commission on Elections (COMELEC) accredited Sanlakas for the 2013 party-list elections after being delisted earlier due to their failure to participate in the 2010 elections.[20]

Congressional nominees
  1. Manjette Lopez - Sanlakas National President and Freedom from Debt Coalition Vice President[21]
  2. Tita Flor Santos - Sanlakas National Treasurer, a veteran urban poor organizer and adviser to the MMVA[7]
  3. Aaron Pedrosa - Sanlakas Secretary-General and a former student leader[22]
  4. Rasti Delizo - Sanlakas Auditor and an expert on foreign policy and geo-politics[23]
  5. Erwin Puhawan - Migrant workers advocate[24] and labor leader[25]

Electoral performance
ElectionVotes %Seats
1998194,617*2.13%1
2001151,0172.31%1
2004189,5171.49%0
200797,3750.61%0
2010Delisted
201385,9390.31%0
201687,3510.27%0

*Veterans Federation Party vs. COMELEC

References
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  2. "SANLAKAS: AFP 'Oplan' docu, a sinister plan to destroy militant partylist groups – SANLAKAS Partylist (March 22, 2007)". sanlakasonline.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2015-06-24.
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-08-03. Retrieved 2010-08-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  5. APSN. "APSN | Thousands of workers join Lakbayan vs. hunger, poverty and corruption". asia-pacific-solidarity.net. Retrieved 2015-06-24.
  6. "Kilusang Masa: Mensahe ng Sanlakas sa Kongreso ng ZOTO". kilusangmasa.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2015-06-24.
  7. "Vendors press for pact with QC government | Metro, News, The Philippine Star | philstar.com". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 2015-06-24.
  8. "Drivers' group skeds jeepney strike | Cebu News, The Freeman Sections, The Freeman | philstar.com". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 2015-06-24.
  9. "Local News | Sun.Star". SunStar. Retrieved 2015-06-24.
  10. "Protesta vs napipintong pagtaas ng singil sa kuryente". GMA News. Retrieved 2015-06-24.
  11. "[Statement] Stop Cyber-dictatorship! SCRAP the cybercrime prevention act now! -SANLAKAS | Human Rights Online Philippines". hronlineph.com. 2 October 2012. Retrieved 2015-06-24.
  12. "The SANLAKAS Position On The Alternative Management BIlls (AMMB)". no2mininginpalawan.com. Archived from the original on 2013-04-08. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
  13. "G.R. No. 124360". The LawPhil Project. Retrieved 2015-06-24.
  14. "Sanlakas vs Reyes : 159085 : February 3, 2004 : J. Tinga : En Banc : Decision". sc.judiciary.gov.ph. Retrieved 2015-06-24.
  15. "2 suspected gunmen of Laguna labor leader nabbed". GMA News. Retrieved 2015-06-24.
  16. "Bukidnon Sanlakas exec killed in front of house". GMA News. Retrieved 2015-06-24.
  17. "Sanlakas, 3 other party-lists allowed to run in 2013 polls; 4 axed". GMA News. Retrieved 2015-06-24.
  18. Collective Bargaining in the Philippines at Google Books
  19. "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | 16th Congress of the Philippines". congress.gov.ph. Retrieved 2015-06-24.
  20. RG Cruz. "Comelec OKs Sanlakas, 3 more party-list groups". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 2015-06-24.
  21. "Freedom from Debt Coalition - Freedom from Debt Coalition". fdc.ph. Retrieved 2015-06-24.
  22. "RP's education budget lacked P1.66T: groups – SunStar | Six will Fix!". sixwillfix.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2015-06-24.
  23. "Rasti's Global Periscope | A window to a progressive view on world affairs". rastiglobalperiscope.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2015-06-24.
  24. "House panel takes up more protection for OFWs". GMA News. February 27, 2008. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
  25. "Philippine Daily Inquirer - Google News Archive Search". Retrieved 2015-06-24.

See also
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