ACT-CIS Partylist

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ACT-CIS Partylist
Chairman Erwin Tulfo
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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]

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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

Period1st Representative2nd Representative3rd 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]

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References

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  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".
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